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Gerry Leary <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 18 Apr 2015 20:52:26 -0600
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Oh Alan, you let the magic smoke out. You know you can't put it back in very easily! If you need another I do have a TW one that I would like to sell. I am also looking for the Ella craft meter. Have you had any experience with it?

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> On Apr 16, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Alan R. Downing <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hello Steve, remember that a hampod connected to a Power Master II gives you
> a lot of info, including a tone for tuning up a tube amp.  One nice feature
> of this arrangement is that you don't have to worry about melting a TW-1
> like I did several weeks ago when I ran a bit over 4.0 KW thru one, Hi.  I
> bought a 10 KW coupler for my Power Master II, so I don't have to worry
> about cooking anything.  The TW-1 has a very low threshold for power, and
> when you run more goo thru it than you are supposed to, smelly things
> happen!
> 
> Alan - N7MIT
> 
> 
> 
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 2:42 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: What would we like to improve our ham radio
> 
>        A few days late, but I'll throw this one out:  How about an
> inline 
> tuning aid for  adjusting manual tuners or tube amps?   Most of us 
> aren't able to dig into the  amp to hook up an oscillator, or whatever. 
>   A unit to go in the feedline and  act like a TW-1 with tones for 
> getting a low SWR, or  for tuning an amp for   high power would be nice.
> 
> 73, Steve KW3A

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