[TenTec] TenTec Digest, Vol 57, Issue 16

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In a message dated 9/11/2007 9:01:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
tentec-request at contesting.com writes:

Good  tuners, that will work on 80 and 160, will by necessity, consist of 
at  least (1) large, expensive, roller inductor, and at least (1) large,  
expensive, variable capacitor.

Really good tuners may even use  vacuum-variables, and possibly expensive 
relays and/or band  switches.



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I disagree, depending on what you are doing. I have an old Denton AT 2000  
and it will tune a pair of socks at legal limit. also the Denton at 3000 is the  
same with meters. I use a LDG AT1000 for the Pegasus/ als600 setup, and an 
Icom  AT500 for the 746pro/ IC 2-KL setup.  
 
I run the Orion into a 3 ele steppir which autotunes to the radio, and the  
the gap voyager for low bands is not to be used with a tuner, but it is fairly  
broad banded. so the Orion/ alpha 87a goes direct to the steppir/ gap setup 
with  no tuner. It is so nice to go search and pounce and not have to tune a 
thing..  every thing tunes automatically from the logger program/ radio set.
 
I like it.
 
for a remote station, like say an omni VII, you could use it with an alpha  
and a steppir remote and do just fine.
 
YMMV  tom N6AJR



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