good idea.
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From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: manual tuners?
> Thanks, I'll buy a dummy load.
> I want one for tuning my amp.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:00 AM
> Subject: Re: manual tuners?
>
>
>> pull the cover off, all the workings will be obvious. sometimes that
>> roller
>> inductor, the oil or grease or what ever they put on it gets hard and can
>> cause that, clean it with what ever you want and some people don't bother
>> putting anything else on there, I have some very light oil around here I
>> put
>> on mine, fixed that right up.
>> For the dummy load, if you're set to use the tuner on antenna port 1, you
>> turn it one click counter clockwise and that's the dummy load, but, the
>> dummy load in that is rated very low. I think it's only rated at 300
>> watts
>> for about 3 seconds or something ridiculous like that, certainly not for
>> tuning an amp in to. It might be only rated for 100 watts, I use it for
>> adjusting audio settings and stuff, or if I'm running my TS-830 I tune
>> the
>> radio in to it but an amp will kill it, I know someone who tried.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:29 AM
>> Subject: Re: manual tuners?
>>
>>
>>> Hi, I have the 989 also.
>>> Mine sounds scratchy when I turn the crank when not keyed up.
>>> How do I clean it?
>>> Also I didn't know it had a built in dummy load.
>>> How do I access it?
>>> Thanks in advance, and 7 3.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:41 AM
>>> Subject: Re: manual tuners?
>>>
>>>
>>>>I don't know the difference between the 986 and the 989, but I have had
>>>>a
>>>> 989 for over fifteen years. It tunes everything imaginable, and some
>>>> things
>>>> unimaginable. It has two coax antenna, a dummy load, and a longwire
>>>> and
>>>> ballenced output options. I do take the top off once a year to clean
>>>> the
>>>> wheel assembly for the roller inductor. You can knock the roller off
>>>> the
>>>> end of the coil, but that is an easy fix. If you are cranking the
>>>> roller
>>>> to
>>>> fast, that can happen.
>>>> I would look for a used one I think, they are around.
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