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Actually an antenna tuner can abd does help the receive end in a lot of cases. If the antenna is quite short or the match is WAAAAY off it allows a more efficient coupling to the receiver and the signals do improve. Many times I have had a pretty deaf receiver and after hitting the TUNE switch on the auto tuner the receiver jumps to life. I have seen this with an 8 foot antenna while mobile on 20m and down as well as on my 80m ladderline fed doublet on any band that the tuner is not set for. If the SWR is already something like 2:1 however the difference is hardly noticeable if at all.

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 526260, member: 39"] Actually an antenna tuner can abd does help the receive end in a lot of cases. If the antenna is quite short or the match is WAAAAY off it allows a more efficient coupling to the receiver and the signals do improve. Many times I have had a pretty deaf receiver and after hitting the TUNE switch on the auto tuner the receiver jumps to life. I have seen this with an 8 foot antenna while mobile on 20m and down as well as on my 80m ladderline fed doublet on any band that the tuner is not set for. If the SWR is already something like 2:1 however the difference is hardly noticeable if at all. [/QUOTE]

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