[Boatanchors] NEED ANTENNA GURU

[Bill Marx]

Hello Brian,
The autotuners in todays rigs are not meant to tune up wires or untuned antennas. They are only meant to tweak antennas. If it is
over 2.5 to 1 your going to have trouble and can damage your rig.
Bill Marx W2CQ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Carling" <bcarling at CFL.RR.COM>
To: <BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] NEED ANTENNA GURU


> On 20 Apr 2002 at 23:06, Gary Schafer wrote:
>
> > 15 meters works fine from the 40 meter section.
>
> It's interesting that you are supposed to be able to do that, yety my 40 meter
> dipole will not tune to resonance on 15m using the auto-tuner in an Icom 746.
>
> Overall I am really disappointed in the autotuners I have tried in two different solid
> state rigs - a TS570DG and an IC746.
>
> However, I have to say that the tuner in the TS570DG was sligfhtly better than the
> Icom.
>
> I am having to use a manual tuner. Tube finals have SO many advantages!
>
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