[Icom] Re: [Antennas] Antenna Tuner

Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:10:46 -0700

That is absoluetleypositilly way silly, Robert....... Wanna buy my HK
SA2�6A ??
$325 $US . .. shipped.. PayPal works best, Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Lay" <[email protected]>
To: "Chris BONDE" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] Antenna Tuner


> Dear Chris,
>
> Without a thorough examination of the internals, it would be crazy to buy
a
> used tuner.
>
> Here is a list of things often found in a used tuner:
>     Tuning capacitors having grossly asymmetrical spacing between stator
> plates and rotor plates.
>     Rotary Inductor former that has localized melting and deformation,
> accompanied by unevenly spaced or shorted turns, charred former material,
> and melted conductor material.
>     Geartrain between front panel crank and rotary inductor badly
> mis-aligned, pieces missing.
>     Rotary switches with badly burned contacts.
>     SO-239 female connectors with burned and charred or melted insulation.
>     Internal wiring badly modified.
>     SWR and/or power monitoring circuitry improperly modified or
destroyed.
>     Meters burned out.
>
> In case you are thinking that this might be rare, you'd be wrong. By there
> very nature, tuners are an anathema to the uneducated ham radio operator.
> The tuners that find their way into hamfests and other swap-meets, etc.,
get
> there through misuse.
>
> 9 out of 10 tuners that I have purchased have been from other hams and for
> the most part they have been basket cases. I quickly learned to remove the
> cover and make a thorough examination of a tuner before making an offer. I
> have violated that rule on 3 occasions. On two of those occasions I was
> badly burned. Fortunately, the money was not a big problem, and I learn
from
> each such mistake.
>
> Don't be a sucker!
>
> Bob Lay (W9DMK), Dahlgren, VA
> [email protected]
> http://www.qsl.net/w9dmk
>
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