[TenTec] Model 238 Tuner problems?

[John Unger]

Duane -

I don't know about your vertical, but the problem with the G5RV sure sounds like a balun running more power than it likes. I've never had a problem with my 238 tuner, but have with poorly-made baluns (RG-8X wound on a ferrite core) running a KW.

73 - John, W4AU


At 08:58 10/1/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Has anyone had a problem with their Model 238 tuner, especially if you
>run a KW?  Just curious - I had something happen during the CQ/RJ RTTY
>contest last weekend which, at first, I thought meant I'd blown another
>doorknob on my vertical (oh no - - more $$$!).  Then I got a similar
>indication when I switched to my G5RV.  The only common item is the
>tuner.  SWR kept changing and I'd have to retune.  On 80m, it would start
>low and then skyrocket.  They are different enough indications that I
>might have 2 problems, but I'd like to see how others have found their
>Model 238.  I've had mine for 3-4 years with not a single problem.
>
>        73, Duane
>
>
>Duane Calvin, AC5AA
>Austin, Texas
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