Surely it has an self calibrating swr meter Jim. Even my Omni C has that
feature. Of course, it does add to complexity, take up extra room and
doesn't TT trust me to adjust my own meter? Besides, most of us use external
meters in our external tuners anyway. Why add to unneeded expense etc. bla
bla bla...
Sorry...couldn't help myself 73
Steve
N4LQ
If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim" <pywacker@fuse.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] auto tuner
> The tuner should be included and it would be nice to see a modern type
self
> calibrating SWR meter function verses the outdated, set, calibrate and
> forward meter.
>
> KE4WY Jim
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Ellington" <N4LQ@igLou.com>
> To: <wa3fiy@radioadv.com>; <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 12:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] auto tuner
>
>
> > And they won't make you buy all those optional filters either but if you
> > want any perfromance, you'll have to buy them. Auto tuners have become
> > standard on newer equipment because hams like them. It seems strange to
me
> > why we would want a rig with so many features an leave out one of the
most
> > popular items of the day.
> > So I suppose with this rig you will need to crank the roller inductor
and
> > capacitors, flip switchs, reduce power, tune for dips just like the old
> tube
> > days.
> >
> > Steve
> > N4LQ
> >
> > If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "WA3FIY" <wa3fiy@radioadv.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 5:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] auto tuner
> >
> >
> > > I sure hope it does not have an internal tuner as standard. If
> > > they want to make one available as an option, OK, but I would
> > > not use the internal tuner and I sure don't want to pay for
> > > something I won't use. Much better for TT to put the money
> > > into basic performance of the rig and let me decide if I want a
> > > tuner or not.
> > >
> > > BTW, that's one thing I've always liked about TT. They don't
> > > make me buy stuff I don't want, like tuners, mics, etc.
> > >
> > > How about "satin" gold trim. I think it would look a lot better
> > > than polished gold. But then what do I know? Whenever we
> > > go anywhere, my wife has to pick out my clothes so she won't
> > > be embarrassed! :-)
> > >
> > > -Lee-
> > >
> > > On 9 Mar 2002 at 7:25, Reginald Mackey wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yes It would be very nice to have the "internal" tuner in the
Orion.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Reggie
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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