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TUNE, LOAD AND DRIVE CONTROLS, AT A MINIMUM, EVERY TIME WE CHANGED
FREQUENCY.  FAILURE TO DO IT RIGHT COULD RESULT IN DESTRUCTION OF THE FINAL
AMPLIFIER TUBES SOMETIMES A PRICEY PROPOSITION.  THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN
IS THAT THOSE TRANSMITTERS COULD BE ADJUSTED TO MATCH ANTENNA LOADS WITH A
MUCH HIGHER SWR THAN THE CURRENT CROP OF RADIO GEAR.  THE NO TUNE FEATURE
GENERALLY MEANS NO TUNE IF THE SWR IS 1R5 1 OR LESS, SOMETHING THAT OFTEN
DOESNT OFTEN FIT WITH REAL WORLD ANTENNAS AND WIDE AMATEUR BANDS.  THE
ANSWER HAS BEEN AN ANTENNA SYSTEM MATCHING UNIT, OFTEN CALLED AN ANTENNA
TUNER, EVEN THOUGH MANY WOULD ARGUE THAT IT DOESNT REALLY TUNE THE ANTENNA
RATHER IT TRANSFORMS THE IMPEDANCE AT THE BOTTOM OF AN ANTENNA SYSTEM TO
THE 50 THE RADIO EQUIPMENT WANTS TO OPERATE INTO.  SETTING SEMANTICS ASIDE,
IT SEEMS THAT THE CONTROLS WE USED TO HAVE TO ADJUST HAVENT DISAPPEARED BUT
HAVE MOVED FROM THE RADIO TO ANOTHER BOX THE ANTENNA TUNER.  ENTER THE
AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER TO EXTEND THE NO TUNE CONCEPT ALL THE WAY TO THE
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CT1BOH/341 CT1EEB/339 CT1RM/353 CT1ZW/354 CX4CR/355 DF2IS/341 DF2UH/340
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