James, once you get on 80m, you'll find out you also need a tuner, despite
resonant antennas.
Even if you could put up a full-size 80m dipole, you still need a tuner to
cover the whole band.
Once again it's that little pest called "fractional bandwidth".
Of course if you put up a reduced size antenna for 80m, which is quite
likely with your yard, then you'll need a tuner, even if you only work SSB
mode.
In the past, when I bought my rigs with optional tuners, I tended to buy
without the tuner because I thought similar: "I'll build my high band
antennas resonant and matched, and use openwire and an external symmetrical
tuner for the low bands."
Sounded like a good plan at the time.
After moving house 5 times in the past 20 years, I changed my mind.
** ALWAYS buy the radio with the tuner. **
REASON: things change, and the tuner may not be available later, should you
need it.
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K8JHR
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 3:56 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Mega Sale Pricing
On 7/8/2014 7:06 PM, Rodney wrote:
> All the new hams want radios with tuners
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OK - That explains TT's sale strategy. (Although, the fact TT includes the
auto tuner and 300 Hz CW filter is, I think, brilliant.)
I like having an internal auto tuner, although I generally try to build
antennas which don't need a tuner. While I have a TT 238C and other
outboard tuners, I think of an internal auto tuner as "tuner insurance"
- it is there, just in case.
Considering the size of the discount, I am trying like Heck to justify
buying another radio. Even my wife supports the notion. I could add an
Eagle with a Telepost LP-Pan for substantially less many alternatives.
A Flex might cost me $2300 - but for around $1650 I could have equivalent
functionality, PLUS I would have a complete radio that can operate fully on
its own without a computer. How cool is that?!
Too bad the Argo VI does not have an easy panadapter output, as it could
serve as a very affordable second receiver/panadapter option, and it would
greatly enhance its utility if TT or someone else devised a simple,
inexpensive way to make that happen.
--------------------K8JHR -----------------------
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