Wunder,
The only reason I can understand is that they can get away by stating
that they have an internal ATU. Sadly many hams (particularly newer
hams) gloss over the significance of the need for a wide range ATU.
They don't discover that they need an external tuner for their
"multiband" antenna until after they buy the transceiver and discover
that it is inadequate.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 4/25/2016 7:25 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
On Apr 25, 2016, at 4:08 PM, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote:
- *Wide-range ATU (> 10:1 at 100 W; > 20:1 at low power) and two antenna
jacks
I am really mystified about why transceivers include a 3:1 range ATU. It adds
$150-200 to the end cost to get an external ATU. It might add $50-75 to make
the internal ATU wide-range. It is especially odd for an entry-level rig, where
people are likely to be using a low-slung dipole. OK, it is very strange for
the IC-7851, too.
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