[Kenwood] TS-930SAT tuner

[Clif Holland]

Start by setting the power to 110w to save the tuner and finals.

Clif Holland KA5IPF
www.avvid.com




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick KF4NS" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 4:59 PM
Subject: [Kenwood] TS-930SAT tuner


> Wow! With all the bump and grind I thought the shack had turned into a 
> strip club. I had not used the tuner for ages because I have an 
> external tuner I use all the time. When I switched to the dummy load 
> and keyed the rig in tune with the tuner in auto, it started to make 
> noises I NEVER heard before. It did actually arrived at a 1.2 swr but 
> then the green tuner LED started blinking and unfriendly noises were 
> coming from the rear end (a relay?). I set the rig for CW and adjusted 
> the carrier pot for max output and I got about 200W so it can't be all 
> bad. Rig has had all the power supply and RF amplifier upgrade mods.
> 
> What if anything needs lubrication and is there a way to exercise the 
> auto tuner mechanical components periodically without actually sending 
> RF through it?
> 
> 73, Dick KF4NS
> St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> Keep The Glow!
> 
> 
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