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Ham Radio Equipment
and Product Reviews Mfg and model # = LDG Z-100 Autotuner I've used several different brands of autotuners over the years,
but only use LDG now. The LDG Z-100 is inexpensive, easy to use right out
of the box, tough and small in size which fits in nicely for my portable
or mobile operations. I can honestly say the Z-100 has saved me from
burning up my finals a couple of times when I forgot to hook up the
antenna! I experiment with all types of homebrew wire and pipe antenna
designs (loops, verticals etc.)and my Z-100 easily tunes them all. The
folks at LDG are friendly and provide fast service. The Z-100 has now been
replaced by the improved Z-100 Plus (different shape and more memory). I
like the Z-100 so much that I own three of them- one for each HF station I
have. I highly recommend LDG for their wide variety of tuners which I'm
sure you will find one that works for you. Most of my antenna designs on
Hamuniverse.com used the Z-100. 73, de Yukon John, KL7JR. Mfg and model # = Icom AT 180 Name = Harold , Bridgeport, WV Call = N8FXH Category type = Auto tuner Rating = 2 Fair - There are better products out there! Time owned = 18 months Purchased new or used? = New Comments = This capacitance of this tuner
is so limited that any standing wave over 3 to 1 can't be tuned. In other
words it only tunes resonant antennas. This is an expensive mobile tuner.
It is good looking and quiet. It should be it doesn't have to do much. For
the price you would expect better from Icom. I replaced it with the LDG
IT-100 which outperforms it beyond belief. Don't buy this tuner unless you
are going to use it simply to trim up with a resonant antenna. Add your review, click here for instructions!
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