[Elecraft] Re: Any real difference between ALT and AUTO tuning?

[Wayne Burdick]

> Does anyone else default to ALT? What is the real difference in the search
> algorithms between the tuning methods, and why not just use ALT all the
> time, if re-tuning is as quick as I'm seeing? The manual seems to imply that
> you only use ALT as a last resort, but it seems to me it should be first
> (only?) choice. Dunno.

Hi Casey,

ALT tries more combinations, but in many cases will take quite a bit longer than
AUTO, depending on the difficulty of the match. You can of course use either
one. Once a match is found you probably won't need to re-tune very often, and
both algorithms perform the same once the match is already below 2:1.

73,
Wayne
N6KR