Re: [Flexradio] post-I Internal tuner of Flex-3000

2014-01-12 Thread Jim Fuller N7VR
sday, January 09, 2014 3:59 PM To: dwmu...@gmail.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] post-I Internal tuner of Flex-3000 Dave, Thanks for the article. Is anyone using a closed loop that will tune on the Flex from 80-10 meters? The length of my antenna and ladder line length may

Re: [Flexradio] post-I Internal tuner of Flex-3000

2014-01-09 Thread David Movius
: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of hmattc...@juno.com Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 3:59 PM To: dwmu...@gmail.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] post-I Internal tuner of Flex-3000 Dave, Thanks for the article. Is anyone using a closed loop that

Re: [Flexradio] post-I Internal tuner of Flex-3000

2014-01-09 Thread hmattc...@juno.com
Dave, Thanks for the article. Is anyone using a closed loop that will tune on the Flex from 80-10 meters? The length of my antenna and ladder line length may not be cut properly. I am using a closed loop of 262ft fed with ladder line into a 4:1 balun and into a short piece of RG213 int

Re: [Flexradio] post-I Internal tuner of Flex-3000

2014-01-09 Thread hmattc...@juno.com
Dudley, I am running 2.6.4. That is just my experience. May not hold true for others. Thanks Matthew-KJ4TN. P.S. I run remote hams.com also. I was trying to put up an antenna that the internal tuner would tune on all bands. My 262 ft horizontal loop should be a good all band antenna

Re: [Flexradio] post-I Internal tuner of Flex-3000

2014-01-08 Thread hmattc...@juno.com
The tuner in my Flex-3000 will only tune a 3:1 SWR. I use a 262 foot horizontal loop up about 25ft all all four corners. It is fed with ladder line into a 4:1 balun outside my ham shack into 10' of RG-213. My MFJ has no problems on all bands. As to my loop, it only will tune a 3:1 mismatch us