Tom,
What I do is start off with low power and when I have the tuner in the ball
park, I crank it up and always finish with the full 100 watts. BTW, I was
in error yesterday when I told you to note the difference in tones between
signal and no signal. As you probably noticed, when you unkey, the tone
stops. I guess I must have been thinking of my old home brew oscilator I
used to use for tuning in the old days. That tone continued even when I
would stop transmitting. And your quite right, the TW1 is terific. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 6:30 PM
Subject: TW1 is absolutely terrific!
> Hi, again, everyone.
>
> I just wanted to let you know that I spent this afternoon getting
> acquainted
> with my new TW1, and it's an absolutely amazing piece of equipment!
>
> The sWR readings, as well as the forward and reflected power indications
> are
> extremely helpful.
>
> Also, I have figured out how to use the TW1 with my old manual MFJ
> versatuner.
>
> It took me a while, but I did notice that, in order to tune an antenna
> effectively, I had to use close to 100 watts, in order to get clear tone
> indications of high forward power, low reflected power, and low SWR.
>
> I assume this is normal?
>
> On a related note, I have another question:
>
> I noticed that the TW1 has the capability to take readings on 6 meters.
>
> I am actually now thinking of ordering a TW2, and that has 6 meters also,
> doesn't it?
>
> Is six meters better on the TW1 or TW2, or doesn't it really matter?
>
> 73 from Tom behler: KB8TYJ
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