[Heathkit] SA-2060A Tuner Question ?

[Garey Barrell]

The problem is that you can't bypass the tuner AND select 
either of the two COAX OUT positions at the same time!  All 
you can do is bypass the tuner for whatever is connected to 
J7, intended to be a dummy load.

You could connect one antenna to J7, but then the only way 
you could use that antenna would be without the tuner. 
There is no provision to choose to use the tuner, OR not, on 
ANY of the three output jacks.

73, Garey - K4OAH
Atlanta

curlyhrw@juno.com wrote:

> Hi Guys.....Something has been missed here.......Page 59 of the manual
> says:
>      COAXIAL SWITCH (SW101)
> <<<The coaxial switch will select any of four outputs to antenna
> feedlines or
> dummy loads. When this switch is in the BYPASS position, signals are
> routed through
> the sensor and directly out of the Tuner, BYPASSING the
> tuner-load-matching
> functions. All input signals, other than those routed to Bypass jack J7,
> are routed
> through the meter and the tuner circuits. Those routed to J7 will affect 
> only the meter circuits.
> 73, Curly, K7HRW (I have two of them)
> --------------------
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:41:33 -0500 "Michael Melland" <w9wis@charter.net>
> writes:
> 
>>I think I goofed......  I've been looking for a new manual type high 
>>watt
>>antenna tuner.  My rig has a built-in tuner for barefoot use but I 
>>have a
>>500 watt amplifier and on two bands I need to utilize an outboard 
>>tuner and
>>not the one in the rig itself.
>>
>>I found a like new SA-2060A listed on the net today and made 
>>araingements to
>>purchase it.  I had read reviews on eHam that these are very 
>>desirable
>>tuners.
>>
>>On the way home tonoght I mentioned the purchase to an OM and he 
>>said I
>>goofed.  I assumed that the "Bypass" position on the antenna switch 
>>meant
>>that it was a "through" position for use on bands when the tuner is 
>>not
>>desired to be in-line.  He tells me that the bypass is really a 
>>seperate
>>coax connection for a dummy load and that if I use the tuner it will 
>>need to
>>always be in-line even on the bands where I do not need a tuner.... 
>>so I'll
>>have to tune every band wether necessary or not.  Is that correct ?  
>>If
>>so.... poop.... anyone need a like new SA-2060A ?
>>
>>Mike, W9WIS
>>--
>>Michael Melland, W9WIS
>>Winneconne, Wisconsin USA EN54pc
>>qrp-l #1656 - qrparci # 9875 - iparc #252
>>ars #1075  -  http://webpages.charter.net/w9wis/
>>