Remote Controlled ZMatch Tuner Amateur Radio Station DL2MDU

The Z-Match Tuner John Stewart, AA5KV November 1, 2006 Many hams work the HF bands using a multi-band antenna fed with ladder line or some other "open wire feeder". The old "McCoy dipole" is a good example. Lew McCoy argued 1 that the simplest and perhaps most effective antenna was a random length "dipole" fed with ladder line or open wire.

PD7MAA HOMEPAGE ZMatch 100 and mini ZMatch

A short video showing how to operate the ZM_2 Z-Match antenna tuner. This is a kit by Emtech that I built 8-10 years ago, and it works great. The built-in.

ZMatch Antenna Tuner resource detail

The Wanzer Z-Match does not use link coupling. Being coax in and coax out, is not meant for matching a balanced load. It is not a substitute for a link coupled Z-match tuner such as those already mentioned or for a Johnson Matchbox. Summary: An OK tuner, for unbalanced loads only. M0JSS.

G3VGR's Single Coil ZMatch Tuner

The Design. The circuit diagram is shown in figure 1. The circuit arrangement of L1-L2, C1 & C2 is identical to that which I described as the AR Single coil Z Match, Amateur Radio (AR) April and May 1993. Figure 1 Single Coil Z Match - Circuit Diagram. Coils L1 (57 mm diam.) and L2 (67 mm diam.) are wound with around 16SWG gauge enamel wire.

A Tiny Zmatch Tuner

A well-designed Z-match tuner has a high Q and is more efficient (less lossy) than other types of tuners. The fixed inductor simplifies construction (no taps or rollers needed). Using a toroid inductor and some small poly film variable capacitors, the Z-match can be built into a very compact package. This sort of thing usually appeals to QRPers.

QRP ZMatch Tuner 4010m Resource Detail The

A well designed Z-match tuner has a high Q and is more efficient (less lossy) than other types of tuners. Note: This tuner is only suitable for ORP. Too much power can burn out components. Buy it with. This item: QRP Z-Match Manual Antenna Tuner 3-28 MHz for HAM Radio . $43.99 $ 43. 99.

ZMatch Tuner Explained The

Z-Match & L-Match Tuners Download Rev 31 May '09 L-Tuner RFC Info and Notes Here — L-Tuner RFC Download Rev 24Dec08 6 Meter Z-Match Info and Notes Here — 6 meter zmatch Deluxe Z-Match Most recent of the z-match tuners I've built. This one is in an LMB CR-442 with the blue half painted gray.

FUNKBOX ZMatch II Plus Antenna Tuner Kit

The QRPGuys Multi-Tuner is a Z-match design that will match a wide range of coax fed, long wire, and balanced line antennas, like high-impedance, low-loss UHF twinlead or ladder line for 40m-10m. The Multi-Z tuner is based on a design by Charlie Lofgren, W6JJZ.

ZMatch aircore antenna tuner test version YouTube

Z-Match Antenna Tuner This Z-Match is a link coupled all-band tuner. Two all band tank circuits cover 3-14mhz and 14-30mhz. The tank output links are selected with a very heavy duty SPDT rotary switch. In addition to the basic Z-Match circuit, the tuner houses a 1KW dummy load, a Heathkit SWR/Power meter, and an antenna selector switch.

268 How to operate a ZM2 ZMatch Antenna Tuner kit by Emtech YouTube

160 meter mod Charlie's Z-match ideas below have been implemented in my station as my compact portable antenna tuner. It's built on a piece of 1/4 inch acrylic sheet, with terminals made of no. 6 threaded brass rod. It's enclosed, with an SWR bridge, in a box of cemented polystyrene sheet from the typical hobby store.

PD7MAA HOMEPAGE ZMatch 100 and mini ZMatch

The Emtech ZM-2 Antenna Tuner is a nifty little portable transmatch for QRP (low power). It utilizes the well-known Z-match circuit, which is especially useful for balanced antennas (like dipoles and loops).

M0UKD Mini Z Match Antenna Tuner Still got some work to do… Flickr

G3VGR's Single Coil Z-Match Tuner This QRP version by G3WQW, using a T130-2 toroidal inductor and polyvaricon variable capacitors was published in Sprat #84. An article in QRP Quarterly by Charlie Lofgren, W6JJZ recommended using a T130-6 instead of a T130-2 for better Q and provided new turns values for use with the T130-6 toroid.

PD7MAA HOMEPAGE ZMatch 100 and mini ZMatch

Conclusion. The Z-Match Tuner is an extremely easy antenna tuner to adjust. In the past, the biggest limitation to a compact 100-watt version was the necessity of using large air-wound inductors, and the ability to find reasonably priced multi-section variable capacitors.

FUNKBOX ZMatch II Plus Antenna Tuner Kit

The ZM-4 is a QRP Z-Match ATU Kit. Housed in a rugged extruded aluminium case with a large torroid and PCB. No additional parts to buy - the kit includes everything bar the tools and time.. Also, the tuner is capable of what it is designed for: tuning between the 160 and 10m bands. PE1FJN Rating: 2012-12-08; FINE QRP tunere Time Owned: more.

FT818 Zmatch tuner Cochimochi YouTube

Fig.1 Schematic of the Z-match tuner (click figure to enlarge, or download PDF version) The tuner consists of two parts; SWR bridge and Z-match sections. A high luminous intensity LED shows mismatch (i.e. the LED is light off when tuned). I assembled the whole circuit into a 100×70×50 [mm] aluminum enclosure as shown in Fig.2.

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Z-Rock Tuner. Price: $80.00 - By Special Request. Please email. The Z-Rock Tuner kit is a Z-Match antenna tuner specifically designed by Chuck Carpenter, W5USJ, for use with his Rockmites. It comes complete with all parts, printed circuit board and enclosure. The enclosure has all holes pre-drilled, powder coated and laser/patina engraved.