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    From rikoski@rikoski@earthlink.net to alt.ham-radio.hf on Sun Jul 13 21:04:00 2008
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    I recently upgraded from my Technician license to Amateur Extra and am
    setting up two stations.

    The first has a Yaesu 757 GX 100W feeding a Carolina Windom 80 Special
    and the second, a Kenwood TS-180S feeding into a Carolina Windom 160.

    The SWR can be pretty high on each but can be tuned down using a Denton
    Junior manual tuner that I bought used at Dayton.

    I'm going to buy two new or used antenna tuners. Two questions:

    In my situation, why shouldn't I buy automatic tuners?

    Which automatic or manual tuners would you recommend?

    Thanks for your advice.

    Rick
    W9ZD
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  • From Dry Heat@lizard_acres.az@cox.net to alt.ham-radio.hf on Tue Dec 23 17:02:08 2008
    From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.hf

    rikoski@earthlink.net wrote:
    I recently upgraded from my Technician license to Amateur Extra and am setting up two stations.

    The first has a Yaesu 757 GX 100W feeding a Carolina Windom 80 Special
    and the second, a Kenwood TS-180S feeding into a Carolina Windom 160.

    The SWR can be pretty high on each but can be tuned down using a Denton Junior manual tuner that I bought used at Dayton.

    I'm going to buy two new or used antenna tuners. Two questions:

    In my situation, why shouldn't I buy automatic tuners?

    Which automatic or manual tuners would you recommend?

    Thanks for your advice.

    Rick
    W9ZD
    I have an AT-11MP Autotunner by LDG Electronics and load up my 80 mtr
    dipole for any band I desire. The auto feature sure makes changing
    frequency and bands easy. I've had a few manual tuners in the past and
    they took the joy out when changing frequency or bands. I've had it a
    few years.

    KS5X
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  • From Dave@dave@dave.dave to alt.ham-radio.hf on Wed Dec 24 14:05:04 2008
    From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.hf

    Dry Heat wrote:
    rikoski@earthlink.net wrote:
    I recently upgraded from my Technician license to Amateur Extra and am
    setting up two stations.

    The first has a Yaesu 757 GX 100W feeding a Carolina Windom 80 Special
    and the second, a Kenwood TS-180S feeding into a Carolina Windom 160.

    The SWR can be pretty high on each but can be tuned down using a
    Denton Junior manual tuner that I bought used at Dayton.

    I'm going to buy two new or used antenna tuners. Two questions:

    In my situation, why shouldn't I buy automatic tuners?

    Which automatic or manual tuners would you recommend?

    Thanks for your advice.

    Rick
    W9ZD
    I have an AT-11MP Autotunner by LDG Electronics and load up my 80 mtr
    dipole for any band I desire. The auto feature sure makes changing frequency and bands easy. I've had a few manual tuners in the past and
    they took the joy out when changing frequency or bands. I've had it a
    few years.

    KS5X

    I have an LDG Z-100 that works great. Tunes in a half-second.
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  • From MTV@volztexas355@comcast.net to alt.ham-radio.hf on Wed Dec 24 09:00:27 2008
    From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.hf

    Dry Heat wrote:
    rikoski@earthlink.net wrote:
    I recently upgraded from my Technician license to Amateur Extra and am
    setting up two stations.

    The first has a Yaesu 757 GX 100W feeding a Carolina Windom 80 Special
    and the second, a Kenwood TS-180S feeding into a Carolina Windom 160.

    The SWR can be pretty high on each but can be tuned down using a
    Denton Junior manual tuner that I bought used at Dayton.

    I'm going to buy two new or used antenna tuners. Two questions:

    In my situation, why shouldn't I buy automatic tuners?

    Which automatic or manual tuners would you recommend?

    Thanks for your advice.

    Rick
    W9ZD
    I have an AT-11MP Autotunner by LDG Electronics and load up my 80 mtr
    dipole for any band I desire. The auto feature sure makes changing frequency and bands easy. I've had a few manual tuners in the past and
    they took the joy out when changing frequency or bands. I've had it a
    few years.

    KS5X

    My LDG-1000 works great.

    W5MTV
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  • From rikoski@rikoski@earthlink.net to alt.ham-radio.hf on Sun Dec 28 17:48:35 2008
    From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.hf

    In article <L8s4l.5028$se4.1698@en-nntp-03.dc1.easynews.com>,
    MTV <volztexas355@comcast.net> wrote:

    Dry Heat wrote:
    rikoski@earthlink.net wrote:
    I recently upgraded from my Technician license to Amateur Extra and am
    setting up two stations.

    The first has a Yaesu 757 GX 100W feeding a Carolina Windom 80 Special
    and the second, a Kenwood TS-180S feeding into a Carolina Windom 160.

    The SWR can be pretty high on each but can be tuned down using a
    Denton Junior manual tuner that I bought used at Dayton.

    I'm going to buy two new or used antenna tuners. Two questions:

    In my situation, why shouldn't I buy automatic tuners?

    Which automatic or manual tuners would you recommend?

    Thanks for your advice.

    Rick
    W9ZD
    I have an AT-11MP Autotunner by LDG Electronics and load up my 80 mtr dipole for any band I desire. The auto feature sure makes changing frequency and bands easy. I've had a few manual tuners in the past and they took the joy out when changing frequency or bands. I've had it a
    few years.

    KS5X

    My LDG-1000 works great.

    W5MTV

    Wow. This is an old posting of mine from last summer. Here is what I've learned since then.

    I now own the following tuners: the Dentron Jr. Monitor which I
    mentioned in my original posting; an SGC SG-239 Smartuner which I bought
    for a hundred bucks at the Peotone hamfest and a Palstar AT1KP which my
    XYL gave me for my birthday.

    All three work well. The Dentron is small and portable. For $30, hamfest negotiated price, it can't be beat. The Palstar is built like a tank and
    tunes my Windom 160 very sharply even on 160. This is both good and bad because it needs to be retuned when changing frequencies even within the
    same band. Still I'm proud to have it and use it all the time.

    The SGC came as a naked board which needed an external wall-wort to
    power up. It also works fine and quickly retunes. It does not bring the
    swr as close to 1:1 as the Palstar does. If that matters a whole lot.

    Knowing what I now know; I'd go with the autotuner; at least with the
    SGC SG-239.

    73's

    Rick
    W9ZD
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