On Mon, 30 Nov 98 20:48:24 -0600 Jon Ogden <jono@enteract.com> writes:
>>Roller inductors buy you no real measurable
>>benefit...in a ham amp or a tuner. A well designed switched network
>IMO
>>is more reliable long term, cost effective and certainly faster to
>tune.
>>Gee, Henry and MFJ both push roller
>inductors......interesting...wonder
>>if there is a message there??
>
>Carl,
>
>I agree that a roller inductor is probably unecessary in a ham amp.
>And
>I agree that reliability is a question. But in a tuner, I don't know.
>
>It sure makes it a lot easier to tune some difficult antennas with a
>good
>roller inductor. Of course, perhaps if the antenna is that difficult
>to
>tune, it probably won't work that well either. Or perhaps I am just
>being too anal in that I want my SWR at 1:1??? :-)
YEP
>
>Either way, I kinda like roller tuners.
I used to like roller cranks in my race cars also.
73 Carl KM1H
I've got an old Heath model.
>
>73,
>
>Jon
>KE9NA
>
>
>
>-------------------------------------
>Jon Ogden
>KE9NA
>
>http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
>
>
>"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
>
>
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