Hi Gary, yes they are very costly.  In Alfas advertisement they say to call 
and find out if they would have what you would want.  To activate the tuning 
process you just hit the dit  or dash on key or start talking and they tune 
without doing anything.  But for most folks new brices are too much which is 
close to 8 K for the 9500.   73
Ed  K7UC
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> Thanks Ed for recommendation.  Those are not cheap are they!  Between 7 
> and
> 8 grand.  Will keep looking for a refurbed model.  Gary KB2YAA
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> From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
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> If you guys are looking for something     easy to use, one button to push
> and less than one second,  its tuned e you might take a look at a used 
> Alfa
> auto tune.  no tuner needed if your ants are less than 3 to 1 in five
> segments on all bands.  Don't know the cost but it might be worth checking
> into.  Alfa takes them in on trade and checks them out and sells them.  73
> Ed  K7UC
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>> Speaking of amps, what is the most power out there.  I think the 
>> ameritron
>> 1300 runs about 12k out, and I think it is around 3 thousand, tuner would
>> be extra.  Also if you want the rig to change bands, I think that is
>> another extra cost.  Someone on this list a while back had gotten
>> something, but they nneeded sighted help to set it up, I'd want to stay
>> from something like that.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR