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ANTENNA REQUIRES A NO TUNE, OR AUTOMATIC, ANTENNA TUNER.  AS NOTED, THESE
HAVE BEEN GENERALLY AVAILABLE FOR SOME TIME AT THE POWER LEVELS OF MODERN
TRANSCEIVERS, BUT NOT AS OFTEN ABLE TO HANDLE THE OUTPUT OF A MEDIUM TO
HIGH POWERED AMATEUR STATION.  FOR THIS REVIEW WE HAVE SELECTED THREE
DESKTOP MODELS THAT SPAN THE MEDIUM TO HIGH POWER RANGE AND HIGHLIGHT SOME
OTHER DIFFERENCES AS WELL.  WHILE THEY ALL FILL THE SAME SPOT IN A STATION
BLOCK DIAGRAM, THEY ARE QUITE DIFFERENT IN SEVERAL RESPECTS AND THUS SHOULD
NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARED ON A 1 1 BASIS.  RATHER, DETERMINE IF ONE OR MORE
WILL MEET YOUR NEEDS, DESIRES AND BUDGET.  ALL OF THE TUNERS REVIEWED IN
THE 2004 REPORT SHARED THE SAME ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM FIXED INDUCTORS AND
CAPACITORS SWITCHED BY RELAYS.  THE LDG AND MFJ TUNERS REVIEWED HERE SHARE
THAT ARCHITECTURE AS WELL, BUT WITH BEEFIER COMPONENTS DESIGNED TO MEET THE
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DF3CB/342 DF3GY/343 DF3UB/341 DF7NM/343 DF9ZP/342 DF9ZW/341 DJ1ND/345
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