Well, if only using the one band for now, if you hit the tuner once or maybe 
once on upper 6 meters and once in the lower portion of the band, it should 
remember that and not need to be retuned again though if the antenna is 
meant for that band it may not be needed in the first place which is even 
better. If it just stops tuning after a few clicks or maybe just trying to 
tune but no CW error or anything, it tuned and you're good to go if you use 
the tuner.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard B McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 12:21 PM
Subject: TS-2000 Internal Antenna Tuner & Mode Basics on 6M


> Hi!
>
>
>
> I just got my 6M - 160M 43 foot vertical antenna up, and am now ready to
> explore HF for my first time.  I want to start with the 6M band; since I 
> am
> only a technician for now.  I have a Kenwood TS-2000.  My questions relate
> to 1) use of the internal antenna tuner and 2) what mode to be in while
> scanning through the band listening for activity.
>
>
>
> About the internal antenna tuner, I know "SWR" in CW sounds if no match 
> can
> be found, but what should I hear if the tuning was successful?  Also, is
> tuning only necessary before transmitting but not for receiving (just
> listening)?  Basically, what's the best way to employ the internal antenna
> tuner?
>
>
>
> About "scanning" what I mean here is manually dialing through the band - 
> not
> auto scanning of any sort.  So, when doing this what mode (e.g., AM, FM,
> USB, LSB) should I be in to best hear some activity?  Also, am I correct
> that once I hear something I can then switch among these modes so as to
> better tune-in the activity?
>
>
>
> Many thanks!  This is all new to me; so any tricks are greatly 
> appreciated.
> This is especially so for how best to use the internal antenna tuner!
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Richard KK6MRH