[TenTec] LDG tuner install/first impressions

[John Nason]

The internal tuner is fast and just too convenient to
use.  At first I was disappointed that it does not
have memories but at this point is seems irrelevant
and based on comments I have read possibly better.  

I have a Butternut vertical tuned to CW on 80 meters
and it tunes the entire 80/75 meter band for me. 
Pretty good for an antenna that has about 50 Khz of
less than 2:1 SWR bandwidth on 80/75m.

73, 
John NA9U  

--- w2yj at highstream.net wrote:

> I have a O2 with the TT internal tuner. I explained
> to LDG before telling TT
> that I wanted a internal tuner what my antennas were
> and they said, "their
> internal tuner would not handle my antennas" so I
> ordered the O2 with the
> internal tuner. I also tried the LDG-1000 tuner on
> my antennas and on the low
> end of 160 and 80 it flopped. I sold it!!
> As for my antennas they are, 350 foot center fed
> with 450 ohm ladder line to a
> 4:1 balun and 15 feet of coax to the Orion. Second
> antenna is a Butternut
> 80/40/30 vertical and the third is a 175 foot flat
> top center fed with 450 ohm
> ladder line to a 4:1 bauln and 15 feet of coax to
> the O2.
> With all these choices I cannot use any memory in
> the tuner because they all
> tune differently onthe same bands. I also have a 3
> element SteppIR that does
> not need tuning.
> Now for the tuning with the TT internal. It tunes
> the two flat tops on all
> frequencies except the 350 foot antenna won't tune
> on the low end of 80. Not a
> problem because I use the Vertical.
> With all these choices the TT internal does fine!!!
> I don't need memory.
> Just my input to the tuner impressions.
> George
> 
> 
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