Matching a Mazzoni Stealth Ant?

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N8AUM

Bob Perkins

Cirrus Secure

Thanks guys. I have at it from that angle. 73, Tom.

Patrick

I don’t know how much power you use when auto tuning the radio. But I think if you use just 10 watts, the protection circuit might be happy and give you a good tune.  

Patrick

Another suggestion would be to put a dummy load at the antenna end then run your max power.  Also the length of the coax as a multiple of wavelengths may not be proper for the antenna and for the tuner to operate properly within that frequency range. 

N8AUM

Hi Pat, the "Auto Tune" is fixed at 10 watts. Maybe theirs a secret Moose hand shack that lets you change it but I have yet to find it. I personally think you dont need that much power, 5 watts would probably enough. Maybe their is settings on earlier versions ?

Patrick

The Tune slider would adjust that and is remembered in persistence, unless it is coming from outside control.  

N8AUM

Yes Pat you can adjust the "Tune Power" with slider but NOT the amount of power used when you use the "Auto Tune". I hope I am wrong but I have yet to find how to adjust power if I click Auto Tune. Hope that makes sense ?

Patrick

I was talking more about external devices being tuned like external antenna tuners.  My radio uses some where in the order of 5 to 10 watts which seems to change as the radio tunes.