I have one and the tuner in the TS850SAT seems to handle it ok.
One thing you will want to do with this is to drill a couple drain holes in
the bottom of the "line isolator" and "feed balun". Water WILL condense
inside these and effect the SWR. This may the problem for those ops with
high SWR who have responded to the question.
Jim W4LC
----- Original Message -----
From: "bill rubin" <brubin2010@gmail.com>
To: "Mike, K6BR" <noddy1211@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 23:29
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Carolina Windom with IC-737
> Guys think about what you are saying SWR 8:1 !! So what does the tuner
> do? , tune the antenna ? or Presents a match for the radio to operate ?
> If you tune an antenna and have an SWR of 8:1 how much do you think
> radiates ?
>
> The bottom line here is that just because you have a tuner does not mean
you
> have efficiency.
> Any good tuner will tune that windom, but with SWRs over 3.5:1 your not
> doing much to get a signal out.
>
> 73's Bill N1HWC
>
>
>
> On 9/5/07, Mike, K6BR <noddy1211@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > I am not sure that the any auto tuner will tune a Windom, I have
Carolina
> > Windom 160 and have SWR's around 8:1 on some frequencies.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm very interested in the RadioWorks Carolina Windom 80 but not sure if
> > my
> > tuners will handle it. My rig is ICOM IC-737 which I like to run
> > barefoot.
> > I also use the IC-2KL with the AT-500 for higher power apps. Question
is:
> > will both of these tuners handle the tuning requirements for this
antenna?
> > Greatly appreciate any information.
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Reid-W0FVR
> >
> > areidmaertz@sio.midco.net
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