[Elecraft] Sherwood's receiver performance table updated

[Don Wilhelm]

Wunder,

The only reason I can understand is that they can get away by stating 
that they have an internal ATU.  Sadly many hams (particularly newer 
hams) gloss over the significance of the need for a wide range ATU.  
They don't discover that they need an external tuner for their 
"multiband" antenna until after they buy the transceiver and discover 
that it is inadequate.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 4/25/2016 7:25 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
>> On Apr 25, 2016, at 4:08 PM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
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>>    - *Wide-range ATU (> 10:1 at 100 W; > 20:1 at low power) and two antenna jacks
> I am really mystified about why transceivers include a 3:1 range ATU. It adds $150-200 to the end cost to get an external ATU. It might add $50-75 to make the internal ATU wide-range. It is especially odd for an entry-level rig, where people are likely to be using a low-slung dipole. OK, it is very strange for the IC-7851, too.
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