Well, John, I ordered the wallwart anyway, since the description on the 
W4RT web site didn't indicate that a power cable would be provided. ... It 
was only an extra $12.

I do like your idea, though of hooking it directly to the Astron, so I'll 
just have to see what comes with it and go from there.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: several TW1 questions


>I don't know why, but some people got it with a wallwart plug, others, like
> myself got it with a power cable with the right connector for the tuner on 
> 1
> end and bare wires on the other. Naturally, I hooked it to my Astron power
> supply with everything else in my station. Personally I think it's better
> that way anyway, let chance of a ground loop by my way of thinking, and
> based on that, you can run it on a battery if you wanted to. I leave mine
> hooked up 24/7, the TW2 I don't, because I have too much loss on UHF as it
> is and that's just more, but the TW1, I leave in line all the time. You
> could run the full 100 watts through it for tuning if you wanted to, but 
> it
> could be hard on the radio that way. No more than with out it, though.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:01 AM
> Subject: several TW1 questions
>
>
>> Hi, folks.
>>
>> I think I'll be getting my new TW1 today, and I just have a few questions
>> I
>> want to be clear on before trying to use it.  I know these questions are
>> elementary, but I just want to be sure I'm on the right track with a few
>> things:
>>
>> 1.  From the manual, I assume the TW1 is powered only by AC power, using
>> the
>> recommendedWalwart supply.   Is that correct?  In other words, there's no
>> provision to use it with batteries?
>>
>> 2.  Would I be able to keep the TW1 in line at all times, rather than
>> having
>> to connect and re-connect it to take needed measurements?  I believe the
>> answer is yes, but I just want to be sure.
>>
>> 3.  Finally, can I use the TW1 at the full 100 watts for tuning purposes?
>> Again, I think the answer here is yes, but I remember the old days of the
>> Conway tuning aids where if you used 100 watts to tune, all sorts of
>> interesting things happened, including letting the smoke out of the unit.
>> (grin)
>>
>> Thanks for putting up with these questions.  I just want to be sure I
>> start
>> off on the right foot here.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>