[Kenwood] TS-450S questions.

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 1 Feb 2017 at 13:08, K3AC at aol.com wrote:

> Ken - that's because the AT-450 internal antenna tuner is only
> designed to work on 80-10M (it's much too small a unit to have the
> required inductor for 160M). In fact, I doubt many of the internal
> ATU's in Kenwood's transceivers are capable of 160M coverage. You'll
> need an external ATU for that. Here's the statement regarding the
> AT-450 from Universal Radio website:   The Kenwood AT-450 internal
> automatic antenna tuner for the TS-450S and TS-690S covers the HF ham
> bands from 80 through 10 meters. Input 50 ohms unbalanced. Through
> power 100W.   73, Bob, K3AC 

Thanks, Bob.

Well, I find that interesting since the automatic antenna tuner in my FT-890 DOES work on 
160 meters, and does a good job too.

Oh, well....

I guess my two friends will have to use an external coupler.

Thanks,

Ken W7EKB


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