[Milsurplus] TCS loading coils

[w8au at sssnet.com]

At 05:39 PM 4/30/2010, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
>I suspect a lot of RM's when tuning the transmitter, instead of 
>turning the external loading
>coil to 0 (minimum inductance) and running the internal loading coil to
>max, then click the external to coil and go back to min on the 
>internal, and so
>forth, which is the proper way to do it if you haven't a clue where the two
>controls need to be, would first turn the external coil up until an ammeter
>reading showed up and then fine tune it with the variable.  The transmitter
>really doesn't care.  And it's quicker.  But the receiver suffers.

Interesting.... all of the TCS sets I've used, including my own have the
minimum inductance at the high number end, not zero.  Also the external
loading coil is minimum L or bypass at position 6, not 0.

Always thought that was odd, but I adapted to it.:-)

(no I wasn't standing on my head when tuning them)

Perry w8au