Thanks, I'll buy a dummy load.
I want one for tuning my amp.
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From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: manual tuners?
> pull the cover off, all the workings will be obvious. sometimes that
> roller
> inductor, the oil or grease or what ever they put on it gets hard and can
> cause that, clean it with what ever you want and some people don't bother
> putting anything else on there, I have some very light oil around here I
> put
> on mine, fixed that right up.
> For the dummy load, if you're set to use the tuner on antenna port 1, you
> turn it one click counter clockwise and that's the dummy load, but, the
> dummy load in that is rated very low. I think it's only rated at 300 watts
> for about 3 seconds or something ridiculous like that, certainly not for
> tuning an amp in to. It might be only rated for 100 watts, I use it for
> adjusting audio settings and stuff, or if I'm running my TS-830 I tune the
> radio in to it but an amp will kill it, I know someone who tried.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:29 AM
> Subject: Re: manual tuners?
>
>
>> Hi, I have the 989 also.
>> Mine sounds scratchy when I turn the crank when not keyed up.
>> How do I clean it?
>> Also I didn't know it had a built in dummy load.
>> How do I access it?
>> Thanks in advance, and 7 3.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: manual tuners?
>>
>>
>>>I don't know the difference between the 986 and the 989, but I have had a
>>> 989 for over fifteen years. It tunes everything imaginable, and some
>>> things
>>> unimaginable. It has two coax antenna, a dummy load, and a longwire and
>>> ballenced output options. I do take the top off once a year to clean
>>> the
>>> wheel assembly for the roller inductor. You can knock the roller off
>>> the
>>> end of the coil, but that is an easy fix. If you are cranking the
>>> roller
>>> to
>>> fast, that can happen.
>>> I would look for a used one I think, they are around.
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