Thanks to all who gave me advice on installing the LDG auto-tuner in the
Jupiter. I called Gary at Ten-Tec Service at he prepared me on how to handle
the software download. If it hadn't been for his advice, I would probably have
messed things up and would have needed to send the rig back to Ten-Tec for
reprogramming.
To those of you who plan to add the tuner at home: Once you start the download
from the Ten-Tec supplied floppy disk, DO NOT touch any computer key or the
radio until the RX light stops blinking and a straight black line appears on
the Jupiter screen. Apparently the software downloads first from the floppy and
then for a period of time, the Jupiter is updating the DSP chip. If you hit
anything during this time, it ruins the chip programming and the only recourse
is to send it back to the factory.
I do wish Ten-Tec included operating instructions with the tuner. I assumed it
automatically tuned when you change bands and start operating into a mismatched
antenna. However, I find when I change bands and there's a mismatch, I have to
manually hit the tune button and let it retune on each band. Is there something
wrong with my unit?
Also, it sometimes tunes down to only 1.6 or 1.8 and I have to hit tune again
to get it to tune the SWR down further. Is this the way it is supposed to
operate?
I have an external LDG tuner and am used to how it works. Is something wrong
here? Please help.
Thanks.
73, Winston K4CWQ
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