[TenTec] Eagle AT slow?

[R. Eric Sluder via TenTec]

John,

I cannot explain as to why your Eagle tuner has to retune on the same freq unless your actually disabling it and then reenabling when you press to tune again.  If you hold the button too long you'll do just that.

As to the ATU latency... It has been discussed and explained several times in years past.  A quick search on the email forum will provide you with all kinds of enlightenment.

73

-Eric
W9WLW

> On Sep 7, 2014, at 6:33 PM, K3GHH <k3ghh at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> I'd welcome some comments on the internal Eagle AT (Model 599AT).
> 
> Here's mine: On 3570 KHz, where my MFJ-269 shows the old trap doublet has an SWR of 2.7, the Eagle took 15 seconds to tune. Leaving it on that frequency, a minute or so later a second try also took 15 seconds. A third tune, on the same frequency another minute later, took 10 seconds.
> 
> On 40m, where the SWR is 2.1, tuning takes 7 seconds.
> 
> I know the old antenna here at the camp needs work... but that behavior on 80 doesn't seem right. The manual (p. 37) says the AT is "designed to recall the last tuned setting for a given band." Maybe I don't understand how that memory works, but I don't think the MFJ-293B that I have at home would behave like this.
> 
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