Hi Steve;

I understand from KENWOOD themselves that there tuners are not made
to tune anything above 1.3/1 match.

73 De Anthony w2ajv
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On 2 Aug 2005, at 10:41, Steve Dresser wrote:

> Butch,
>
> To me, the 200-watt unit makes sense only if you run it mobile all
> the time.  I had the same thoughts about the tuner, although I almost
> never use it because I've found that my Icom ATS500 works much better
> than the 480's internal tuner.  In fact, there are some bands where I
> can't even tune up with the internal tuner, but the external tuner
> brings the SWR right down to 1/1.
>
> Steve
>
> On Monday 8/1/05 18:53 Butch Bussen wrote:
>
>> Speaking of the 480.  If the voltage between both pulgs isn't
>> within a
>> very small ammount, the rig won't transmit.  Personally, I can't
>> see the
>> 200 watt version, you're talking an increase of 3 db or a half an
>> s unit.
>> I'd much rather have the tuner.
>> 73s
>> Butch Bussen
>> wa0vjr
>