[TenTec] Eagle AT slow?

[K3GHH]

Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
> I can explain why the tuner has to retune on the same 
> frequency.......as stated by the operator  " 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."   Clearly the operator asked the ATU to perform a second and 
> third tune routine on the same frequency.  Why?  No needed to do this 
> in my experience.
>
Thanks, Bob and others, for a helpful discussion. I understand it a 
little better now. As to the question quoted above, obviously there's no 
operational reason to ask for a retune on the same frequency; it was an 
experiment to see what the tuner would do. (As I recall, if the 293B 
back home were asked to do this, it would just blink for a fraction of a 
second, indicating it already had a match.)

I agree with Bob on the "value added." Space is tight here at the camp, 
and I appreciate both eliminating an external tuner and being able 
conveniently to use the mobile bracket to mount the Eagle to the bottom 
of a bookcase shelf (QRZ dot com photo). (No plans to mobilize the 
Eagle; I use a 706IIG for that. The detachable face plate is a great 
feature.)

--John K3GHH/2