Thanks for weighing in on this, Howard.

Your e-mail ended without the price info for a used 989, but I am a little 
leary of buying used stuff, especially tuners.  You just never know where 
they've been, and what's been done to them.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:41 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.