[Boatanchors] Johnson Matchbox 275W

Brian Clarke brianclarke01 at optusnet.com.au
Thu Jul 28 21:41:16 EDT 2011


Agreed on Rob's comments. I have one of these antenna coupling units and 
have found that it can work on all the HF bands from 80 m through 10 m.
73 de Brian, VK2GCE.

On Friday, July 29, 2011 9:58 AM, Rob said:


>I have two center fed dipoles I use mine with, one 1/2 w. on 80; the other
> 1/2 w. on 20.  I can use the 80 m. one on 80 and 40 (and higher up for all 
> I
> know) and I can use the 20 m. one on 30, 20, 17, and 10.  Have not tried 
> it
> on 12.  But my point is to agree with Bill--the Matchbox is not just a 5
> band tuner regardless of what some complain about on the review web sites.
> You may have to work with feedline length and try different band switch
> positions and experiment with a SWR analyzer but once you home in on a 
> good
> setup, you make note of it and returning to it is a snap.
>
> Rob
> K5UJ




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