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Re: [Amps] Alpha 9500 vs. Acom 2000A questions

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Alpha 9500 vs. Acom 2000A questions
From: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 05:48:02 +0000
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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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