yes, you are right about the lDG and already have one but this MFJ does
sound a bit better and definitely gives you much more information which
could be handy. i assume it will tell you SWR before the tune. only run 100
watts so would certainly do the trick and sounds very similar to LDG except
for that speech readout but that is the biggie. Thanks for info as well and,
like i need it, think i've found something else to get. using an omni 6 plus
and no auto tuner so got lDG about three or four months ago. The price does
not sound unreasonable and mFJ definitely knows about SWR meters so probably
a darn good one. They've been at it long enough. The k2 is probably next big
purchase but figure i will wait a couple years til they finish coming out
with all these cool extras that speak or send CW at least. The Omni is great
rig but nothing besides frequency readout is in speech and think that
stinks. My TS570 speaks everything under the sun.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: Now this is intriguing!
> Hi Dave,
>
> Just had a skim of the manual, and it sounds like they have quite a
> bit of audible feedback. The aural SWR meter only gives an approximate
> reading; i.e. one beep for 1:1-1.5:1, two for 1.6-2, 3 for 2-2.5, 4
> for 2.6-3, and 5 for over 3, or something like that. Sends QRO if it's
> not getting enough power to tune, QRP if you've got your power set too
> high to safely tuen, and QRTi it's overloaded...LOL...also
> confirmation beeps for button presses. Seems pretty nice,
> actually. MFJ has the tuner for $259 and change for the 300-watt
> version. Unfortunately, the higher-power one doesn't include the aural
> SWR meter, nor the balanced feed terminals. But $259...not bad...think
> the LDG is $239, as is the Elecraft one. Elecraft tuner of course only
> works with the K2.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3 | But I will lay my burden
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