[BC] ATU broadband tuning

[Dave Dunsmoor]

> That's exactly how I do it.
>
> Get it close to 50J0 at the ATU input then fine tune the ATU.
>
> I can't think of any other way to do it.  Common sense dictates that
> you tune the ATU to the best match and forget about all of the
> esoteric calculations and charts and just fix the damn thing!
>
> Ron D

I asked this question the other day, and it seems to have gotten lost in the
ether-shuffle. ... or something. At least I never saw it, and have not seen
any replies either. So anyway, here goes again:

How do you guys who know this stuff well, adjust an ATU for not only low
reflected power at carrier, but also at +/- some amount of khz to effect a
clean match for good sideband response? I'm not asking for "secrets" if you
have specifics that you like to keep in your toolbox, but in general what is
the "art beyond the science" of broadbanding an ATU?

Initial selection of component values, sliding this this way, and that that
way? What?

Dave Dunsmoor