Yes, I do it on CW quite a bit. I'll hit the tune button usually but sometimes I don't worry about it and just go. I have not seen any foldback at that level of SWR. I won't go beyond 3:1 though. 73, John NA9U >Can one get away with say up to 3:1 SWR with the >ORION II without having to bother with the built-in >tuner option (or an external tuner)?