[ICOM] PW1 on 17M

[Jerry Keller]

Yes, it holds a tune fine on 12M, and on all the other HF bands.  17M is the 
only band this happens on.

73, Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward Dickinson, III" <softblue at alltel.net>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:15 PM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] PW1 on 17M


> 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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