Jim, like I have told you, several of us here on the list have the LDG
AT1000PRO tuners and are able to use them just fine. They don't have speech
like our Kenwood transceivers, but if you listen to them, you can hear what
they are doing. Sometimes I even tweak mine a little with the inductance and
capacitance buttons and listening to the SWR readout on my TS-590S; though,
that is never really necessary. I just do it to see if I can get a slightly
better match. I use mine with my TS-590 and ALS-600 amplifier, a very
similar set-up to yours.

Ron, K8HSY
 

 


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 10:12 AM
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Subject: Question about accessible antenna tuners

I have a question about the FMJ 998 auto tuner.  How user friendly is it for
blind folks? I recently purchased, then returned an LDGAT600 Pro tuner to
use with my ALS600 Amp because the LDG tuner not accessible far as I could
tell though I only had it online a few minutes.  Also, I found through an
email which is the only way you can talk to LDG, that the LDG engineers said
that blind people would not be able  use that tuner.  So that limits my
operating space to where my SWR is best tolerated by the amp which is the
best way but I am interested in other people's solutions to this issue.
Looking for a good auto-tuner that can handle 600 watts.  73, Jim WA6EKS