I wish I had one of those. Mine quit and I had a local try and fix it
with no luck. That was one fantastic tuning aid.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012,
Steve wrote:
> Huh? Those Conway tuning aids, I use one with my amp now, just hook up
> across the meter movement. Not sure how you could blow the tuning aid up no
> matter what output power you ran.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Behler
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 6:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Tuning aids, noise bridges, etc.
>
>
> Yeah, back in the day, I almost blew up one of those old Conway tuning
> aids that way.
>
> Forgot to reduce the power to 5 watts when tuning, but caught the problem
> just in time before too much smoke got out. (grin)
>
> Was sure an early lesson to me that I'll never forget, even though nothing
> was lost in the process.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 10:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Tuning aids, noise bridges, etc.
>
>
>> Yes, of course. Then your rig is looking at just the antenna. Only
>> thing that might happen is rig might cut back power. One thing to keep
>> in mind as far as noise bridges. The vectronics has a rf senser to
>> bypass it if you accidentally transmit into it. Older ones such as the
>> older palamars did not and I've blown up my share of those.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>
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