Thanks, Ed. ... This is good to know, and sounds simple enough.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 3:00 PM
Subject: Fw: ts480 question


>    Howdy Tom.  Bet your getting anxious for the 480.  I use the 480 in my 
> R
> B without any tuner but using a Hustler so no tuner needed.  I never use a
> internal tuner with an outboard tuner, they get to interacting with each
> other and everything gets messed up. You can disable the tuner from the
> front panel with just the push of a butten.   73
> Ed K7UC
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 11:26 AM
> Subject: ts480 question
>
>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> Well, I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my TS480, and just thought 
>> of
>> a
>> question I could use some help with.
>>
>> I'll do my best to verbalize this question in a way that hopefully will
>> make
>> sense.
>>
>> As you may recall, I'm going to use the TS480 as my main HF rig in our
>> motor
>> home.  I have a Predator screw-driver-type antenna on the back of the
>> motor
>> home, and I use something called a Turbo-tuner, made by N2VZ Enterprise 
>> to
>> tune the screw-driver for resonance on my chosen operating frequency.
>>
>> The Turbo-tuner is interfaced with the Ts480 via two cables--one is an
>> RS232
>> cable which goes to the front of the radio, and the other is a cable that
>> connects to the AT port on the back of the rig.
>>
>> I am wondering if connecting the turbo-tuner in this way will
>> automatically
>> disable the auto-tuner in the TS480.  Or, can the auto-tuner still be 
>> used
>> to further "fine tune" the antenna once it has been tuned by the
>> turbo-tuner.
>>
>> Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
>>
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>