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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 great success,
It makes 60 meter in the USA a WALK IN THE PARK to use. I made contacts
with great results on all bands but 160 and 6, I have not been able to
tune up on 160 with such a short wire and 6 ,,,,,well 6 meter is just 6
meter LOL no conditions yet.

I am using the tuner with My 897D on field day and will be using a
fulll wave loop for 160 meter. I will let the group know what I find by
next weekend. I plan on running a "test" with a loop before field day.

Thanks for joining,

Bill

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 as Yaesu claims but it is entirely dependant on the length
of the wire. Based on my findings, it will not tune a half-wave, a fairly
common limitation of "random wire" antenna tuners, and there doesn't appear
to be a single length that is ideal for ALL bands, although 37 feet, in my
experience, comes pretty close. One nice thing is that it is very easy to
change your antenna length: just add or subtract a few feet and that's it! I
have found that inserting a insulator at about 50 feet and leaving the ends
of the wires on each side stripped allows the option of simply connecting
them or disconnecting them to work the 160 meter band or perhaps the 60
meter band, etc.

I tried various lengths of wire from about 30 feet to about 130 feet, the
upper limit at my QTH. At 37 feet, I could tune up on almost every band but
the signal reports for the longer wavelength bands (80, 60, 40 etc.) were
marginal. As I increased the length of wire, I gained better performance on
one band but lost on others. At about 85 feet, I received excellent reports
on 40 meters, but then I could not tune on the 80 meter band as the length
was too close to a half wave.

I ran a series of comparisons with two dipoles, one for 80 meters and the
other for 40 meters. The 80 meter dipole performed better by one or two "S"
units than the FC-40 with a 65 foot quarter wave wire. I don't have enough
real estate to extend the wire to a three quarter wave or about 190 feet for
the 80 meter band.

On the 40 meter band, however, a length of about 90 feet performed very well
and the signal reports tended to be an "S" unit higher than the 40 meter
dipole. Although it's a vertically polarized antenna, I have not noticed any
major increase in noise with the FC-40 random wire as compared to a dipole.

Unlike the Icom AH-4, the Yaesu FC-40 will tune on 160 meters and I made my
first contact on the top band in almost 15 years with a wire about 85 feet
long. I had nothing to compare it to but the signal report I got was
excellent.

Although still fairly new, I have heard two other FC-40s on the air, mostly
in mobile set ups and both operators seemed very pleased with their
performance. In summary, I'm very pleased with this new automatic antenna
tuner. I'd give the Yaesu FC-40 a solid "5" (on a 5 scale) without
hesitation."""

--- 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 radio
chain of stores suggested I not unseal the box and that I return it
and exchange it for the LDG At-897 with the justification that that
tuner will permit a larger band width. I would be very grateful if
anyone would provide me with whatever comments they might have
concerning this "advice" - Thank you for your reply - Mark - KC2OCY





In YaesuTuner@..., "Robbie Phelan" <robbiephelan@h...>
wrote:

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 as Yaesu claims but it is entirely dependant on

the length

of the wire. Based on my findings, it will not tune a half-wave, a

fairly

common limitation of "random wire" antenna tuners, and there

doesn't appear

to be a single length that is ideal for ALL bands, although 37

feet, in my

experience, comes pretty close. One nice thing is that it is very

easy to

change your antenna length: just add or subtract a few feet and

that's it! I

have found that inserting a insulator at about 50 feet and leaving

the ends

of the wires on each side stripped allows the option of simply

connecting

them or disconnecting them to work the 160 meter band or perhaps

the 60

meter band, etc.

I tried various lengths of wire from about 30 feet to about 130

feet, the

upper limit at my QTH. At 37 feet, I could tune up on almost every

band but

the signal reports for the longer wavelength bands (80, 60, 40

etc.) were

marginal. As I increased the length of wire, I gained better

performance on

one band but lost on others. At about 85 feet, I received excellent

reports

on 40 meters, but then I could not tune on the 80 meter band as the

length

was too close to a half wave.

I ran a series of comparisons with two dipoles, one for 80 meters

and the

other for 40 meters. The 80 meter dipole performed better by one or

two "S"

units than the FC-40 with a 65 foot quarter wave wire. I don't have

enough

real estate to extend the wire to a three quarter wave or about 190

feet for

the 80 meter band.

On the 40 meter band, however, a length of about 90 feet performed

very well

and the signal reports tended to be an "S" unit higher than the 40

meter

dipole. Although it's a vertically polarized antenna, I have not

noticed any

major increase in noise with the FC-40 random wire as compared to a

dipole.

Unlike the Icom AH-4, the Yaesu FC-40 will tune on 160 meters and I

made my

first contact on the top band in almost 15 years with a wire about

85 feet

long. I had nothing to compare it to but the signal report I got was
excellent.

Although still fairly new, I have heard two other FC-40s on the

air, mostly

in mobile set ups and both operators seemed very pleased with their
performance. In summary, I'm very pleased with this new automatic

antenna

tuner. I'd give the Yaesu FC-40 a solid "5" (on a 5 scale) without
hesitation."""





----- Original Message -----
From: "kc9anq" <kc9anq@y...>
To: <YaesuTuner@...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:15 AM
Subject: [YaesuTuner] Re: FC-40

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 great

success,

It makes 60 meter in the USA a WALK IN THE PARK to use. I made

contacts

with great results on all bands but 160 and 6, I have not been

able to

tune up on 160 with such a short wire and 6 ,,,,,well 6 meter is

just 6

meter LOL no conditions yet.

I am using the tuner with My 897D on field day and will be using a
fulll wave loop for 160 meter. I will let the group know what I

find by

next weekend. I plan on running a "test" with a loop before field

day.

Thanks for joining,

Bill




--- In YaesuTuner@..., "ei2ip" <robbiephelan@h...>

wrote:

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

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
impedance: 6 to 800 Ohms (Approximately up to 10:1 SWR)



where as the FC-30 can tune 17 to 150 Ohms (25 to 100 Ohms on 50 MHz)
The info was taken from the Yaesu 897D brochure



--- In YaesuTuner@..., "redhusky69" <MJKalik@A...> wrote:

--- 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

radio

chain of stores suggested I not unseal the box and that I return

it

and exchange it for the LDG At-897 with the justification that

that

tuner will permit a larger band width. I would be very grateful if
anyone would provide me with whatever comments they might have
concerning this "advice" - Thank you for your reply - Mark - KC2OCY





In YaesuTuner@..., "Robbie Phelan" <robbiephelan@h...>
wrote:

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 as Yaesu claims but it is entirely dependant on

the length

of the wire. Based on my findings, it will not tune a half-wave,

a

fairly

common limitation of "random wire" antenna tuners, and there

doesn't appear

to be a single length that is ideal for ALL bands, although 37

feet, in my

experience, comes pretty close. One nice thing is that it is

very

easy to

change your antenna length: just add or subtract a few feet and

that's it! I

have found that inserting a insulator at about 50 feet and

leaving

the ends

of the wires on each side stripped allows the option of simply

connecting

them or disconnecting them to work the 160 meter band or perhaps

the 60

meter band, etc.

I tried various lengths of wire from about 30 feet to about 130

feet, the

upper limit at my QTH. At 37 feet, I could tune up on almost

every

band but

the signal reports for the longer wavelength bands (80, 60, 40

etc.) were

marginal. As I increased the length of wire, I gained better

performance on

one band but lost on others. At about 85 feet, I received

excellent

reports

on 40 meters, but then I could not tune on the 80 meter band as

the

length

was too close to a half wave.

I ran a series of comparisons with two dipoles, one for 80

meters

and the

other for 40 meters. The 80 meter dipole performed better by one

or

two "S"

units than the FC-40 with a 65 foot quarter wave wire. I don't

have

enough

real estate to extend the wire to a three quarter wave or about

190

feet for

the 80 meter band.

On the 40 meter band, however, a length of about 90 feet

performed

very well

and the signal reports tended to be an "S" unit higher than the

40

meter

dipole. Although it's a vertically polarized antenna, I have not

noticed any

major increase in noise with the FC-40 random wire as compared

to a

dipole.

Unlike the Icom AH-4, the Yaesu FC-40 will tune on 160 meters

and I

made my

first contact on the top band in almost 15 years with a wire

about

85 feet

long. I had nothing to compare it to but the signal report I got

was

excellent.

Although still fairly new, I have heard two other FC-40s on the

air, mostly

in mobile set ups and both operators seemed very pleased with

their

performance. In summary, I'm very pleased with this new

automatic

antenna

tuner. I'd give the Yaesu FC-40 a solid "5" (on a 5 scale)

without

hesitation."""





----- Original Message -----
From: "kc9anq" <kc9anq@y...>
To: <YaesuTuner@...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:15 AM
Subject: [YaesuTuner] Re: FC-40

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 great

success,

It makes 60 meter in the USA a WALK IN THE PARK to use. I made

contacts

with great results on all bands but 160 and 6, I have not been

able to

tune up on 160 with such a short wire and 6 ,,,,,well 6 meter

is

just 6

meter LOL no conditions yet.

I am using the tuner with My 897D on field day and will be

using a

fulll wave loop for 160 meter. I will let the group know what

I

find by

next weekend. I plan on running a "test" with a loop before

field

day.

Thanks for joining,

Bill




--- In YaesuTuner@..., "ei2ip" <robbiephelan@h...>

wrote:

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