Icom Tuner connectors


Manual Icom Tuner

Many Icom radios (e.g.7100) have a connector for automatic tuners such as the Icom AH4. The cable supplied by Icom is of a fixed length (10m) and is not shielded. Icom recommends to use shielded cable for any length greater than 10m.

The cable is nothing special and doesn't...

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Long wire and AH4 tuner

To get started on HF I installed a long wire antenna and an Icom AH4 tuner.

The wire runs in NE-SW and is around 22meter long.

The AH4 is is well earthed and uses a shielded multicore cable to connect to the radio in the shack.

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