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Re: Looking for a blind friendly antenna tuner?
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Michael Thurman <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:35:51 -0500
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the tuner in the radio won't care since it is before not after the amp and would only be tuning the presumably already fine input impedance of the amplifier itself 


On Nov 29, 2010, at 9:16 PM, tom behler wrote:

>    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!

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