Re: FC-50 Tuner?
Have not used nor do I own it but from some reviews it has a limited range (one quoted 3:1) so if this is true anything far out of resonance will be a no go with this tuner. Not necessarily a bad
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Lou
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FC-50 Tuner?
Anyone use the FC-50 tuner yet? I have an FT-891 and the FC-50 tuner. I am still working on antennas and the the General class license, so I have not tested anything yet. Just checking in to learn
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Bryan <tbryanh@...>
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Re: FC-20
Will be very interesting. The fc40 does a good job if the antenna is complemented with a unun/balun.
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Jerry Repine <jrepine@...>
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Re: FC-20
Thanks Jerry. It looks like the fc20 and fc40 use different wiring too! I think that the key information that I'm looking for is how the tuning command is initiated. It seems that the fc20 is the
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John G0GCD
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Re: FC-20
Probably of no help, I have the FC40 ATU the schematic shows all the signal wires going directly to the main processor. The pins are tx inhibit, reset, sense, data in/out, gnd, tx gnd and 13.5 v.
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Jerry Repine <jrepine@...>
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Re: FC-20
Interested in following this up. (I have asked the same question on the FT100 forum/s) Short answer - I haven't found anyone. Longer answer ¡. Clearly, the antenna tune mechanism is fundamentally
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John G0GCD
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Re: FC-40 Flexibility
Build a fan dipole (several parallel dipoles each for a specific band) Then your internal tuner could tune that with ease Autotuner like fc40, sgc (xxx), and some other can easy be used for tuning a
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Siegfried Jackstien
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Re: FC-40 Flexibility
I decided to go ahead and get the radio to see what could be accomplished with the internal ATU. I installed a 2 band dipole (10M and 20M) and the radio will only autotune on those 2 bands so I'll
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kevin_thornsberry@...
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Re: FC-40 Flexibility
If you have not bought the FC40 look at the SG230. A way better tuner. I have found the FC40 to be temperamental wrt wire lengths. JD --------------------------------------------
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JD Baillie
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FC-40 Flexibility
I'm really struggling to settle on an antenna for my first HF rig. I'm getting some good input on a related post in the FT-450D group.
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kevin_thornsberry@...
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Re: FC-40 & Raingutter Antenna
Yeah - it stopped working again. I had disconnected it from my FT-897D and run a different antenna off a LDG-897Plus ATU for a week. Reconnecting, it fails to function. Full un-install, re-install,
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bjessee@...
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Re: FC-40 & Raingutter Antenna
The FC40 is an odd duck tuner. POS comes to mind. Mine now sits on my shelf reminding me how much I like my SGC 230. --------------------------------------------
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JD Baillie
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Re: FC-40 & Raingutter Antenna
Hmmm ... rf floating on coax braid towards the rig??? What antenna are you usin and what round system has the tuner to work against?!? Had similar trouble on filedday with my fc1000 (also an autotuner
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Siegfried Jackstien
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Re: FC-40 & Raingutter Antenna
I switched to 107ft and 85ft random wires and still wasn't having any luck. I switched out to a new controller cables, added a lot of Mix 31 ferrite rods, and added a second ground rod wired to AC
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bjessee@...
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FC-40 & Raingutter Antenna
I was using raingutter antenna with my FT-897D and was able to pick up quite a lot of chatter on 20m, 40m and 80m. The gutter downspout was connected to my MFJ-898D tuner wire post and a set of 1/4
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bjessee@...
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Re: For Sale: Yaesu FC-1000 Remote Antenna Tuner/Coupler
Nice offer Yepp ... fc1000 is a VERY good remote tuner (i also own one) And you are correct ... can be used with nearly ANY 100w class trx You only need ptt, agc and 12v Greetz Sigi Dg9bfc ps sadly
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Siegfried Jackstien
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For Sale: Yaesu FC-1000 Remote Antenna Tuner/Coupler
Yaesu FC-1000 Remote Antenna Tuner/Coupler was installed for a few experimental operations, with 25-30 foot long wire. Tuned and performed flawlessly on 80 ¨C 10 with full power from FT-757. Package
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wd4aon@...
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test message
it is only a test message
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Piotr, SP2BPD
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Introductions
Hello all. My name is Jeff, callsign K4LMP. I just joined the group, and wanted to say hello. The moderator was interested in what type of gear I had, so I just figured I would start a post, and say
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Jeff <jefff@...>
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modifying the fc30
hi ken here,has anyone tried to improve the 30 by adding extra capactors,their surface mounted and not a lot of surface ares to solder to,I built a unit with extra capacters which were switchable on
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[email protected]
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