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I just purchased a FC-40 from Ebay... Should have it next week.. What is the general feeling about this tuner, does it perform well?? Robbie, EI2IP

Robbie Thank you for being the first post and welcome all to the new group. I have had the FC-40 for a month now and it work great I have experimented with a 40 foot wire and a 55 foot wire with

Thanks Bill, I came across this article on eham.. Might be of interest, it was written by Paul KA6GEM.... """ The length of antenna wire is very important. The FC-40 will tune 160 through 6 meters

I have uploaded some pictures that show my mobile installation. Feel free to e-mail me with any questions. Thanks, Mike, KB5OZE

Nice install Mike, Are you using a regular 102 inch whip? What kind of luck are you having?

Well, right now I am using a standard 102" whip. I am still in a testing phase. I have had some problems using a coupler in the Dakota. With the current setup though, the FC-40/FT-857 was receiving

Hi, Looking for some opinions on operating a FT-857 with the FC-40 dockside portable. After reading the June issue of QST and reading 'A Portable Inverted V Antenna' article, I am thinking of

--- I just bought a FT-897D- (still in the opened box) being brand new to the Ham World since a novice license in 1967 - I also bought the FC-30 Tuner -(still in the sealed box) A ham from a large

I have used the LDG tuner before and it has a much larger span of tuning. You can "make" the LDG tune a non resonant antenna easier than with the Yaesu. The LDG Tuner is capable of a Antenna

Greeting FC-40 users! I have uploaded some pictures of the setup in my XYL's Jeep Wrangler TJ in the folder "W6SH Jeep Wrangler TJ - FT-857D & FC-40". Although my XYL would probably tolerate me

Hey all, I sold my truck with the 102 inch whip....I had the fc-40 about 3 inchis away from the inside lug of the ball mount so it was perfect for 10 gauge wire from the fc-40 lugs to the

Greg: Don't use coax to connect your tuner to the antenna - the grounded shield acts like a capacitor to ground and your tuner won't 'tuner'. You need to make the wire from the lug to the whip as

I am thinking of buying a FC-40 for my pickup truck installation and had a few questions. 1.Will the tuner with a 102" whip tune 10 to 80 meters? 2. How long a wire can be used to connect the tuner

Chuck, With a 102" whip, you get 6 meters through 40 meters. You really want the wire from the tuner to the mount as short as possible, although it will work with just about any lenght.

Good morning, I am going off to visit my parents in Alberta next month and thinking of bringing my FT-857 and FC-40 with me. I am planning on using one of the electric fences as an antenna.

Dar friends, I am using the FC40 with my 857 and 897 under several circumstances. In mobile I tested the FC 40 with 1 3m whip against the ATAS 120. my opinion is: Atas on 20-10m better, FC40 /whip

I am wondering the same information, I would like to buy an extension cable and then , how long can the cale be? I plan on mounting the FC- 40 on my 60 foot tower and running a sloper

Hi all. Newbie here. Just got the FT 857 and the ATAS 120 with a Comet CF530 Duplexer. Just wondering if anyone had any experience with the ATAS 120? It auto-tunes on most bands however a little

Good Morning, I have similar plan to do. Will buy such a spare cable and will try to expand it with some other cables. I do not want to cut the original cable. Will keep you informed as soon as I get

Any info on the use of the FC 40 withe a FT 897 and portable antennas. I go away and find the antenna is always a problem in Hotels......Any length of wire found to be good for 40 and