[TenTec] Omni VII, Antenna tuning, etc.

[waltk8cv4612amos at att.net]

Just a thought, you know, sometimes one wonders ? What / how, does the 
remote station protect ITSELF from lightening? Does it stay on all the time? 
I know repeaters do so do they just EAT the damage or is there some 
protection or maybe a telephone total disconnect command ? I can't be the 
first person to think about this can I ? :-))))

Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Gates, KD3JF" <pearly732003 at yahoo.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VII, Antenna tuning, etc.


> For what it is worth... I am usually concerned about the cost of things. 
> If I have to pay $300.00 for a tuner I am going to get one good for 3KW.
>
> Ernie Piche N1SW <n1sw at cox.net> wrote: John Huggins wrote:
>> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>>
>> Say I obtain the Omni VII radio and make good use of its Ethernet
>> control with OMNIVIIOnePlug program (and let's assume this works).
>>
>> For total automation of the station, should I rely on the internal
>> antenna matcher or offload this task to an external automatic matcher?
>>
>> In other words, should the extra $300 be spent on the internal matcher
>> or applied to other, perhaps more appropriate, matching gear?
>>
>> There are a lot of correct ways to to this of course, but the opinions
>> of those with experience are helpful.
>>
>> Thanks for any input.
>>
>> John
>> KX4O
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> Seems to me that if your are going to add an external  tuner then you
> will have to have a way to tune it remotely.  With the built in tuner
> the access will be through the One Plug GUI or if your antennas are well
> matched you won't need a tuner anyway.  Yes the remote operation does
> work I have been running my rig from my laptop, although only from
> within my own house, I think they would frown on me working DX from
> work.  Hi Hi!
>
> Ernie
> N1SW
>
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