[Antennas] ?? on boat radio ATU

[Mark]

and ... don't assume the boat's voltage source was 12VDC .. many are 24,
etc....  73  Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cletus W Whitaker" <whitaker@pa.net>
To: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult@msn.com>
Cc: <Antennas@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] ?? on boat radio ATU


> de WB2CPN South Central Pennsylvania   2003.03.05
>
> ICOM once made a similiar type loading coil.  The
> rotary switch was stepped from one position to the
> next with a magnetic operated rachet.  One pulse
> stepped the switch to the next position.  The band
> info from the transceiver was decoded and converted
> to "how many steps to 10 meters?"  The IC-720 also
> used this scheme for switching band pass filters.
> That was a chronic fault.      73  Clete