This small but effective antenna tuner was designed by my friend, and elmer, W3TS, Mike. A kit of parts for this tuner is marketed by Kanga US (see links page).
Seven slide switches and seven separate inductors are used to get a wide range of inductance while keeping a high Q. Thus, the tuner losses are very low, an important consideration in QRP operation. Also, the slide switches make it easy to return to a particular setting when changing bands.
Another feature of this tuner is that the low side of the tuner is raised above ground, allowing the tuner to be used with a balanced line. When a coax or random wire is used, short the low side to ground. Because both sides of the tuner are above ground, the 330 pF variable must also be isolated from ground.
