Steve:

Thanks for the clarification.

What you say makes perfect sense.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for a blind friendly antenna tuner?


Tom,

The internal tuner would indeed be vaporized if it were actually connected
to the amplifier's output, but it is not.  Actually, the problem with trying
to use the internal tuner while running the amplifier is that you would be
trying to match the output of the radio to the input of the amplifier rather
than matching it to the antenna.  Even if you were using a linear that only
generated 100 watts, you'd have to bypass the internal tuner because your
antenna is no longer directly connected to the radio while the linear is in
use.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 21:16
Subject: Re: Looking for a blind friendly antenna tuner?


>    With all due respect, I agree with what Howard is saying here.
>
> I have found the auto-tuner in the TS480 to be very forgiving.
>
> I do use a manual tuner as well, but only when using my Ameritron Al811H
> amplifier, since the auto-tuner in the TS480 would probably be vaporized
> with the higher power level.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Looking for a blind friendly antenna tuner?
>
>
> What does a signal to noise ratio have to do with a tuner?
> The tuner in the 480 will tune anything under 8-1.  They have no idea what
> they are talking about!
>