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SPECIFIED TUNING POWER SPEC AND SWITCH TO BYPASS WHOOPS, YOU HAD THE LINEAR
PRE TUNED WITH A DUMMY LOAD SO THAT IT WOULD BE READY TO GO, AND NOW IT
SEES A 9 1 SWR, OR WHATEVER YOUR ANTENNA HAS, GOING DIRECTLY TO THE
AMPLIFIER.  THIS COULD CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC REACTION IN YOUR AMPLIFIER.
THE LDG TUNER IS DIFFERENT IN THIS REGARD.  IT ONLY INITIATES A TUNE CYCLE
IF THE TUNE BUTTON IS PRESSED.  SO WHAT TO DO?  THERE ARE TWO POTENTIAL
SOLUTIONS.  ONE, MANUALLY TRIM UP THE TUNING FOR AN EVEN LOWER SWR USING
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THE L AND C UP AND DOWN BUTTONS.  IF THE REFLECTED POWER IS FULLY NULLED,
IT SHOULD AVOID THIS PROBLEM.  THE OTHER APPROACH IS TO SWITCH THE TUNER TO
MANUAL MODE AFTER IT FINDS ITS INITIAL MATCH.  THAT WILL PREVENT IT FROM
AUTOMATICALLY RETUNING WHILE HIGH POWER IS APPLIED.  OR DO BOTH.  ARGUABLY
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KB0NL/339 KB2XP/338 KB3KV/339 KB4XK/338 KC0DA/338 KC6X/339 KE9U/344 KF0LA
/339 KF8UN/337 KF9D/340 KG6I/338 KH6ACD/344 KQ4C/351 KS7C/355 KY5I/337 N0
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