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Re: [TenTec] Omni VII, Antenna tuning, etc.

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VII, Antenna tuning, etc.
From: "Tom Childers, N5GE" <n5ge@n5ge.com>
Reply-to: n5ge@n5ge.com,Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:11:09 -0500
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:28:29 -0500, you wrote:

>> I think we have gotten off the topic.... 
>
>Probably
>
>> know a lot of hams that insist on having an outboard tuner 
>> for their radios. 
>
>I certainly do as well, one of those big bruiser things, plus a home brew
>tuner build along these lines .. http://home.comcast.net/~w1ia/100_0900.JPG
>I almost never turn on the amp any more, and my manual tuners are
>permanently stuck in bypass mode :-)
>
>My only point was that T_T's internal tuner works well and has a good
>matching range unless you're trying to load a window screen or something on
>160 :-)  Think "LDG" (and at one time it was actually LDG), but the idea is
>the same.  I have no clue what kind of internal tuner was in a TS-930, but
>if it was anything like what was in my IC-781, it probably wasn't very good.
>
>Grant/NQ5T
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The one in my Orion II works quite well and when running low power (100w) I use
it exclusively.

As to the TS930...  I have two TS-950s here and they have excellent tuners in
them.  Certainly much better than the FT-1000MP MK V tuner, which has to have
it's memory reset after about 250 uses (and it ain't easy to do).  I never use
the tuner in that rig, due to that awful design flaw.

Tom, N5GE

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