[Yaesu] Progress and internal tuners

[WA3GIN @ Arlington County, VA]

less copper and caps = more profit...

John Geiger wrote:

>Many of the older radios with internal antenna tuners
>(TS440, FT890, FT900) had great internal tuners that
>would match almost any coax fed antennas.  Most of the
>current models have internal tuners that are pretty
>poor by comparison, as they won't do much if your SWR
>is over 3:1.  So, with 10 plus years of progress, we
>get internal tuners that are worse than before.  
>
>Anyone have an idea as to what is going on here?
>
>73s John W5TD
>
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