LDG used to make a talking one, but I think it has been discontinued.  There 
might be some left in stock at a ham store.

YYou might have to look on ebay or hamswap.  You want the TW1 for HF, the 
LDG TW2 is for 50MHz and up.

Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Chao" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: Antenna Tuners


> Hi, Steve!  Where can I get an accessible watt meter or a tuning
> aid?--Matthew Chao, N1IBB
>
> At 06:52 PM 5/29/2010, you wrote:
>>Not really accessible on their own, unless there is an automatic one that
>>works with the Argonaut.  Not sure on that.
>>
>>If you can get a talking watt meter or the P2000CW one, or if you have
>>access to one of those old tuning aids or can get somebody to build one 
>>for
>>you, then you can use any tuner.
>>
>>With a tuning aid, you hook directly to the rig's meter, or the meter in 
>>the
>>tuning aid if it has one.  On my old Icom, there were output power, ALC,
>>SWR, and collector voltage.  You could see all those with a tuning aid.
>>
>>If you get an accessible watt meter, it will have a feature which will 
>>give
>>you a tone that you can then know when you've reached 1:1 SWR.
>>
>>Steve, K8SP
>>Lansing, MI
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Matthew Chao" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 5:14 PM
>>Subject: Antenna Tuners
>>
>>
>> > Hi, Folks!  I've read some discussions on antenna tuners for a few
>> > days.  I want to get back into HF bands; have a Tentec 525 Argosy,
>> > and will be getting a 20-meter vertical.  Question is how accessible
>> > are antenna tuners, are they automatic, and how do they work?  also,
>> > I have a Tech. license with CW.  Any help would be greatly
>> > appreciated.  Thanks.--Matthew Chao, N1IBB.
>>
>>__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
>>signature database 5154 (20100528) __________
>>
>>The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>>
>>http://www.eset.com