[ICOM] PW1 on 17M

[Leanne]

> The antenna was the first thing I checked, Julio... the SWR the PW1 sees
is
> <1.5:1  @ 18.140...

How does  this compare to the swr of the other bands without tuning? I think
that Icom tuners will not tune if the swr is low. Not knowing anything of
the PW1, I would think that would hold true here. I would go to the book and
read over the section on tuning. The other thing that I was thinking is that
when we were first allowed on 17 and 12 meters that there was a gentleman's
agreement that there would be no amplifiers of contesting on those bands. I
guess that is all gone by the wayside now.

Leanne - W1WXS