[TenTec] LDG AT-100 Pro

[Bill Rowlett]

Why in the world would you use more than 5 watts max. to tune with anyway??  
There is a little thing called QRM.

So, whats all the fuss about?

kc4atu



>From: "david feldman" <wb0gaz at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>To: tentec at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] LDG AT-100 Pro
>Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:48:34 -0600
>
>The message seems to be clearer in the manual for the AT200PRO I just
>received - I use it with an old tube rig in one configuration (a QRP-ified
>Yaesu FTdx560, still able to max out at around 75W), and just try to avoid
>gas during the tune-up phase.
>
>73 Dave WB0GAZ wb0gaz at hotmail.com
>
> >After a careful and complete reading of the owner's
> >manual, I discovered, in the "fine print" but not in
> >the specifications page, that while the tuner is
> >advertised as a 125 watt tuner in all LDG ads and on
> >their website, when you read the fine print in their
> >owner's manual, it states that power must be reduced
> >to only 25 watts in tune mode when using a transceiver
> >that doesn't have power foldback into high swr's.
> >That's only 20% of the advertised power rating.
>
>
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