[ICOM] PW1 on 17M

[Edward Dickinson, III]

Jerry,

Will it hold a tune on 12m?

de Dick - KA5KKT 

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Jerry Keller
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:49 PM
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] PW1 on 17M

Adam... any idea why my PW1 won't hold a tune in memory only on 17M?  I can
manually tune it witrh the tuner button, but when I change bands and then go
back to 17M, I have to tune it again.

73,  Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Farson" <farson at shaw.ca>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:05 PM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] PW1 on 17M


> Hi Leanne,
>
> The convention regarding contesting and nets on 17m and 12m still holds.
> Never heard of any transmitter power restriction on those bands, although
> there is a 200W PEP output limit on 30m in the US.
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
> On
> Behalf Of Leanne
> Sent: 02 March 2006 16:55
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] PW1 on 17M
>
>
>> 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
>
>
>
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