i don't know how you get the idea that it isn't fixed tune. Just because it can handle a 3:1 SWR without self-destructing does not mean it isn't fixed tune. What tuning parameters do you think are changing?
Dave AB7E On 2/20/2012 9:34 PM, Hank Garretson wrote: > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire<[email protected]> wrote: > > Note that "No Tune" means, simply, "Fixed Tuned", set for a 50 ohm >> non-reactive load on each band. If we don't have an antenna reasonably flat >> across the whole band we add an "Antenna Tuner" to the output which is >> simply moving the tuning we used to do on the xmtr output to an outboard >> box! >> > Not exactly. My "No Tune" ACOM 2000A will automatically handle up to 3:1 > SWR on all bands except 160 where the limit is 2:1. Sometimes output power > is reduced, and sometimes an external tuner is helpful. but for the ACOM at > least, "No Tune" does not mean "Fixed Tune." > > 73, > > Hank, W6SX > > Mammoth Lakes, California > > Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
