SA-2040 Tuning Tips?

Sat May 30 12:35:53 EDT 1998

At 09:08 AM 5/30/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>Picked-up an SA-2040 (without manual) and would like help on tuning the
tuner. I have used switched inductor tuners where basically you set the
loading and tuning caps to 50% and switched the inductor around, listening
for the greatest received signal strength or noise, etc. How does one do it
with this type tuner?
>
>Thanks & 73s - George
>
>

George.. Well,, the manual has some ballpark inductor ranges where you
can start from.. and they are pretty close, but other than that you have
the correct idea.
The ideal would be to have one of the little MFJ swr indicators. Then you
can play with the tuner and find the lowest SWR without having to transmit.
Other than that, you tune for best signals, then start transmitting and find
the low SWR. For the inductor, try 126 for 75 phone or 27 for 20 meters.
Those numbers stick in my head as being the starting point.
...Dave

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><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Picked-up an SA-2040 (without manual) and
would
>like help on tuning the tuner. I have used switched inductor tuners where
>basically you set the loading and tuning caps to 50% and switched the inductor
>around, listening for the greatest received signal strength or noise, etc. How
>does one do it with this type tuner?</FONT></DIV>
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Dave Edwards  WB2TBB
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