I purchased this tuner on promotion last year and strung up @100 foot
of wire and I have encountered the issues, although not all that bad,
regarding the tuner not tuning all bands with any one length of wire.
Additionally, the rf ground I am currently running consists of simply
a ground rod driven into the earth. The earth in my area (300 tards
from the beach and Atlantic Ocean)is sand with salt water approx 3-4ft
down depending on the tide. A multi radial RF ground is difficult to
achieve in my area due to lot coverage of my house and concrete.
I suspect that since my setup is not optimum from an rf ground
perspective that I might benefit from an alternative antenna such as a
dipole or loop. I have heard that the tuner is quite flexible and will
work with certain loops and dipoles.
I also suspect that if the match is close enough that the antenna
might tune all bands with the proper dipole type antenna as well and I
can avoid the use of a matching transformer.
Under the circumstances what would be the best alternative antennas
(known to work well and tune all bands) to consider with my location
being close to saltwater and not likely having an optimum rf ground
easily available?
Thanks in advance.
