what is a tw-1 device? who sells them? I could use some audio feedback from 
my hf amp, tuner, wattmeter and mfj-259b antenna analyzer. for starters

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From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 9:37 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: What would we like to improve our ham radio

> Hi Alan,
>
> I was thinking more in the realm of something a lot less expensive than
> the powermaster/hampod combo, but good to know it works.
>
> I do run a Wavenode WN-2 computer controlled swr/power meter, and even
> though there is an internal voice in the Wavenode, as well as speech
> from JAWS to give  readings, I have found the tones to be  pretty
> useless.   Too much lag time between  tweaking the knobs and waiting
> for the tones to catch up.
>
> A sighted ham  using this setup would   have a  visual display that
> seems to work  better than the tone implementation.
>
> So this is why I keep the TW-1 in line.    Not likely I'll have any 5 kw
> amps here anytime soon, so maybe the TW-1 will keep doing it's job.
>
> 73, hope you are doing well, Steve KW3A
>
>
>
>
>
> On 4/16/2015 8:15 PM, Alan R. Downing wrote:
>> Hello Steve, remember that a hampod connected to a Power Master II gives 
>> you
>> a lot of info, including a tone for tuning up a tube amp.  One nice 
>> feature
>> of this arrangement is that you don't have to worry about melting a TW-1
>> like I did several weeks ago when I ran a bit over 4.0 KW thru one, Hi. 
>> I
>> bought a 10 KW coupler for my Power Master II, so I don't have to worry
>> about cooking anything.  The TW-1 has a very low threshold for power, and
>> when you run more goo thru it than you are supposed to, smelly things
>> happen!
>>
>> Alan - N7MIT
>>
>>
>>
>> Alan R. Downing
>> Phoenix, AZ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators 
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 2:42 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: What would we like to improve our ham radio
>>
>> A few days late, but I'll throw this one out:  How about an
>> inline
>> tuning aid for  adjusting manual tuners or tube amps?   Most of us
>> aren't able to dig into the  amp to hook up an oscillator, or whatever.
>>     A unit to go in the feedline and  act like a TW-1 with tones for
>> getting a low SWR, or  for tuning an amp for   high power would be nice.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>
>>
>>
>
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