Strange that the factory recommends keeping autotune off. I've never found that
to be necessary with the 87A. Once it finds a match, the autotune stops
hunting. Could be that they're concerned about antennas that are harder to
match than mine, which are all resonant at the operating frequency. That said,
I my understanding is that the 9500 autotune is considerably faster than the
87A, so maybe it's more sensitive to slight impedance variations.
73, Dick WC1M
73, Dick WC1M
> On Dec 4, 2016, at 12:48 AM, Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> ------------ ORIGINAL MESSAGE ------------(may be snipped)
>
>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2016 19:08:33 -0800, Paul wrote:
>>
>> I believe the Alpha will auto tune if it wants to based
>> on poor SWR, but the ACOM only auto tunes when you ask it to.
>
> REPLY:
>
> The Alpha 9500 can be left in autotune mode, but the manual recommends
> against it because of continuous "hunting" for a match. This no doubt
> will cause excessive wear on the stepper motors too.
>
> Best to tune it once and shut off autotune. That's what I do and it
> works fine.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
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