[Yaesu] FT900 - Tuner in Receive ?

[Lucien Stavenhagen]

>
>Hi.
>
>   I am considering buying an FT900AT.  I never considered before that the
>tuner might _not_ operate in receive mode, I have never owned a rig with an
>automatic tuner before, so I just assumed it would.
>
>   Does anyone know whether the tuner does operate in receive mode ?
>
>   Many thanks,
>   Martin.
>
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Hi Martin,
The antenna tuner in the 900 is not inline on receive; at least, I've 
never figured out how to get this to happen on my 900AT...
Anyone out there know if there is a mod to allow this on the 900?

Thanks,
Lucien S.
W5QD

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