I bought the subject tuner Saturday for use with my Jupiter.
It has been acting a bit "squirrely" I guess. It tunes for a good SWR on
low power but that SWR seems to increase as output is increased. In most
cases I can touch up the SWR (under higher power) using one or both of the
Cap and Ind. Up/ Down switches. These increase or decrease those two
elements in incremental amounts (fine tuning I guess you would call it.)
I called LDG today and was left with two thoughts:
1. I should not try to reduce the SWR at power levels any greater then 25
watts or so.
2. He mentioned that there has been some reported "problems"
(un-specified) with the tuner working properly with Ten-Tec rigs. Part of
it apparently related to the fact that the TT rigs do not "fold -back" at
higher SWRs.
I am sort of inclined to return this tuner, but thought I would ask here
and see if there is any "real world" knowledge on the compatibility (or
lack thereof) between these two pieces of equipment. I know Ten-Tec was
marketed a internal version of the AT-11 in kit form for use in the
Jupiter. I guess that made me assume that the external version would also
insure a large degree of compatibility.
Any comments would be appreciated.. I subscribe to the digest so, if you
have timely comments that you think are significant in helping me decide
what to do.. please email me direct.
Thanks..
Bill, W6WLB
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