A counter observation: I, too, have the internal tuner (made by LDG, by the
by, and I think it's essentially the same board as used in the AT-11MP) and,
while I'm not completely thrilled with it (not only does it not remember one
or two settings per band, it doesn't even remember the last setting it was
on if the Jupiter is powered off!), it works just fine for me. I have a
G5RV and it tunes it to about 1.2 or 1.3 to 1 everywhere except on 80
meters; on 80 it tunes in the middle of the band just fine - 1:1 - but is
closer to 2:1 or 2.2 to 1 at the band edges. Overall, it's good and
functional; with N4PY's software, you can even adjust the capacitance and/or
inductance in line manually for a closer match than it automatically finds.
My $0.02!
73,
Joe, W2RBA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Winston F. Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 7:59 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Jupiter with internal tuner
>
>
> I bought the auto tuner and added it myself to my Jupiter. It has never
> taken the SWR down below 1.5 like my external LDG AT-11 does. I've had my
> internal tuner turned off for several months now and use the
> AT-11. After I
> complained about the problem on this reflector, a rep from LDG
> said I should
> adjust the trimmer on the internal tuner board and I might get
> the SWR down
> more. I haven't even gotten around to trying his suggestion yet. I hate to
> take the Jupiter out of the case again. Will probably do it someday. I was
> also disappointed that the tuner doesn't activate automatically,
> the way the
> external one does.
> In summary, if I knew what I know now, I probably wouldn't spend the
> $200-plus on the internal tuner.
> Hope this helps.
> 73, Winston K4CWQ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ke4vpn" <ke4vpn@carolina.rr.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 21:11 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Jupiter with internal tuner
>
>
> > Hello
> > Just wondering if anyone is using the Jupiter with the built in
> LDG tuner?
> I
> > am using the Z11 tuner on my Argo V and it works great. I ordered a
> Jupiter
> > today from Stan with the AT and was wondering if it was a
> mistake? I have
> > read the archives and saw some problems? Is anyone having good luck with
> the
> > built in tuner on the Jupiter?
> > Thanks
> > Ronnie
> > ke4vpn
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