The same components may be used in the Ten Tec
artificial counterpoise tuner, or maybe this ground tuner could be
converted into an "L" network antenna tuner.
That is probably the best use for any "artificial ground tuner". I see
no good reason to use an "artificial ground" that needs to be retuned
for each band, when you can make your own multiband counterpoise out of
a bunch of wires cut to quarter wavelengths. In a fixed location shack,
effort should be put into more, shorter, fatter ground leads to multiple
ground stakes. For a portable setup, or a perhaps in a rental which does
not allow wires through walls or windows, using counterpoise wires in
the shack may be the only option. A ground tuner for how much $ ? You
could buy a 500 foot spool of 14 AWG stranded insulated wire for the
same $ and have a quarter wavelength counterpoise wire for every band,
with wire left over. No need to retune your ground when changing bands.
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