[ICOM] pw-1 question

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Push the 781 tune button?

Andy K5VM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] pw-1 question


> Thanks for the reply
> I'm using an IC-781. I also have the PRO2 and haven't hooked it to the 
> pw-1
> yet. Maybe it will act differently. When I hit the tuner button on the 
> pw-1,
> nothing happens until I go to cw mode on the 781 and apply some power by
> holding down the key.
> Steve N4LQ
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> From: "William Diamond" <wjdiamond at sbcglobal.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 4:48 PM
> Subject: RE: [ICOM] pw-1 question
>
>
>> Don't now what kind of exciter you are using but on my PW1 and PRO II, I
>> just push the tune button and the rig applies a small amount of RF and 
>> the
>> tuner in the amp tunes just fine..
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Steve N4LQ
>> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 2:30 PM
>> To: ICOM Reflector
>> Subject: [ICOM] pw-1 question
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>>
>> Just got a pw-1 and love it but I have one question. The manual is very
>> vague about how to properly activate and tune the auto tuner. It says to
>> push the tuner button for 2 seconds and the tuner will  start
> automatically.
>> Well this isn't quiet the whole story. It needs a little RF to get going!
> Is
>> the manual that defficent or am I missing something? I've been switching
> to
>> cw mode, pushing the tuner button for 2 seconds and keying the rig until
> the
>> swr dips to 1. Any suggestions?
>> Steve N4LQ
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