Antenna Tuners are an important part of any Ham Shack. There are many models to chose from, both manual and automatic. Here is one of the manual tuners that is mid-range and offers good protection for your gear. Please comment below if you use a tuner and if so, which one(s) you prefer.
I have a MFJ 969 Versa Tuner II but hardly ever use it. Since I no longer have my old Kenwood TS-430S, and now have a Yaesu 991a, I just use the internal tuner in the radio. Since all my antennae are nearly perfectly resonate the 991a internal tuner does the job. It even tuned my Ringo Ranger II (2 meter) to 10 meters and I made a contact with it. Tuners are really not tuners per se. They're merely and adjustable matching transformer to match the impedance of the radio to the antenna. It really fools your radio into thinking it is seeing a perfect 50 ohm load. Cheers & 73 from W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee
Take notes as you tune each band or frequency, then when you consult that list you can go directly to the flat SWR. Even if you change your antenna the readings will be much the same with just a little adjustment.
I bought one of these but it's an E. I could have sworn it was for amps over 1500 watts. The MFJ962E works really well for me. The thing that did throw me is that it won't work without the power supply. I thought the power supply was just for the LED meter. I accidentally unplugged the power supply and wondered what the hell did I change? I plugged the power chord back in and I heard a relay click and everything was normal again.
