Steve:

I have this whole  question into the maker of the Turbo-tuner for the 
screw-driver ant, but have not heard from him yet.

If needed, I'll call him directly on the phone.

I just want to know as much as possible here before I start trying things 
and risk damaging something.

Thanks for the response, and I'll keep you posted.

73 from tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: ts480 question


> Tom,
>
> I'd be careful about using the two tuners together as they may interfere
> with each other.  You might want to check with the manufacturer of the 
> tuner
> for your antenna.  You can bypass the radio's automatic antenna tuner by
> pressing and holding the Tune button until you hear a low beep.  After 
> that,
> don't try to use Auto-tune because it will just re-enable the automatic
> antenna tuner.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 13:26
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>