![]() ![]() The delay can vary from minutes to a day or more.ģ. The delay is for new review screening and approval. There's a delay before newly submitted reviews are Approved and posted in eHam's reviews. eHam's Product Reviews are a database of ham radio related products and services personal opinions.Ģ. I'm still giving it a "5" because of how useful it has been for me otherwise.ġ. I haven't used the unit enough yet to correlate any consistent reason for this or a way to avoid it. About 5% of the time it gets confused and I have to interrupt the tuning and power cycle the radio, which may leave the radio in the low power FM setting when it turns back on. This unit is expensive, but for me it was worth the price and I'm pleased with it's operation. This has changed the way I operate mobile in state QSO parties, allowing me to more rapidly get a new contact without a bunch of time-wasting fussing. Previously, I would have to make fine tuning adjustments using a separate remote SWR meter, but when the TurboTuner indicates successful tuning (with Morse code beeps), it presents a very reliable low SWR. To perform tuning, you merely press the tune button the ICOM, and the TurboTuner does it's thing, commanding the radio to switch to FM and transmit carrier with low power while the TurboTuner tunes the screwdriver. The big advantage of this connection is that you don't have to use the coax connections on the TurboTuner the radio measures the SWR instead of the TurboTuner. The TurboTuner2 connects to my IC-7100 radio using both the 4-pin AH-4 autotuner interface, and the CI-V interface using a 3.5mm audio-like mono plug. (Note that since I already had the antenna and connections, I already went through all the basic debugging of the screwdriver like grounding and matching coil adjustments and had used the antenna in contests for almost a year.) Since I use the antenna mobile in contests, I wanted a fully automatic tuner and took a chance on the ICOM version of the TurboTuner2. Previously used a semi-automatic Ameritron controller that read frequency from my ICOM radio and did an OK job making automated coarse adjustments based on frequency and band edge screwdriver settings. Have a Tarheel 200 antenna on a minvan trailer hitch. Since the warranty is out I will canabalize it for parts. from my perspective it absolutely of no value for me. I can get the old rasberry pi out and see what I can program myself. I both the thing a year or two ago and just now was where I would like to use my tarheel. UPDATE - No response from tennatronix further attempts to try other feedlines or connecting cable resulted in a big fat zero. ![]() I will update if and when I can get this thingamajig working. ![]() BTW I am using a little tarheel 2 antenna. At this point I do not believe that the box is worth its cost. The solution is to email the mfr with the issue and wait up to 24 or 48 hours. The clincher is that there are only 10 error codes, yet there is no table with suggested actions based upon one of the 10 codes. I tried the 7100 configuration to no avail and tried the 7000 configuration to no avail. Out of the box I took the instructions and followed them as closely as possible since the 7200 is not mentioned in the instructions. ![]()
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