Thanks for that.

I guess I am going to have to give their tuners a serious look.

Always worried about quality control with that company.
Thanks.

Don



On 1/31/2015 1:12 PM, Jim Shaffer wrote:
> On my MFJ 993B, if the button is out, it's auto, and if it's in, it's not.
> It's really pretty easy to use as long as you don't want to get info from
> the displays of course.  It has CW messages for too little power and high
> SWR.
> --
> Jim, ke5al
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Forst
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 11:52 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Automatic antenna tuners, accessibility, ldg versas mfj?
>
> Don,
>
> I don't know anything about the LDG tuner (and very little about the
> MFJ), but here goes:
>
> If you can't see the display, I'm not sure of a simple way to tell what
> mode you are in.     I assume that by "mode" you mean  either automatic,
> or semi-automatic.   As you hit the 2 buttons to switch between modes,
> you will get a single beep for  automatic, and 2 beeps for
> semi-automatic.    I usually leave it at semi-automatic, so not an issue
> for me.
>
> For what it's worth, the menu's wrap around  and unless you remember
> where you left off, you won't know where you are.      I  set mine up in
> 2008 with sighted help and never had to go back.
>
> There are CW alerts for too much power for tuning, too little power for
> tuning, and too much power for the tuner to handle.   Also a crude
> system of beeps  for reading SWR (that I don't use).
>
> There are beeps to tell which memory bank is active and which antenna
> port is activated.
>
> All of the above is for an 8 year old MFJ 998.    Perhaps some
> differences in  other models, or later versions of this one.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 1/31/2015 11:36 AM, Don Breda wrote:
>>        I have an ldg at1000pro tuner at the moment.
>>
>> It is used and may have some problems in which case I will be returning
>> it to the buyer.
>>
>> Before I put out the money for a brand new one I was wondering if it is
>> easier to tell the status for the different modes etc. with the mfj line
>> of auto tuners then it is with the ldg tuners?
>>
>> Any thoughts appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> w a 2 i w c
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>>
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