That is certainly a good price on the radio and the tuner is one that should
serve you well too.  With that antenna you should do well on most of the hf
bands using that tuner.

Good luck and hope to catch you on the air.

73,

Bob kd0br


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Mike Barnard
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 3:36 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SWR meters or talking wat meters:

Someone I am sure will tell me on this list.  I just put out the question so
that if anyone knew of an swr meter or talking wat meter they would let me
know.
A couple of weekss ago I passed my general test.  My friend who kept after
me to get my license has been looking for radios for me  He has found a
kenwood ts480 hx for $800.00, and a ldg automatic tuner  I think he said
that it was the model 2600.  He is a broadcast enginer, and he is going to
put in the vgs 1 chip.  He is helping me with a
160 and 80 meter die pole antenna fed together so the 160 die pole would be
east west, and the 80 meter would be north south.  According to his program
he has on the computer it should do quite well.
I have an acre of land 100 feet wide and about 400 feet long about
1,700 feet above sealevel.
I am quite excited to get on the HF. bands.
When I got my license, they had a contest in Ny.  where you had to see how
many counties you could talk to and after a while I tryed and talked to 4
different ones.  They were at the local club's repeater sight.
Everyone has given me good advice on this list, and I hope that sometime I
can talk to some of you on the air.
Thanks for reading
73.
KD2CDU