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The ATU, a dying art?
On 12/02/2014 09:58, Brian Reay wrote:
Kafkaësque wrote: On 12/02/2014 00:32, Jeff Liebermann wrote: With the onset of automatic ATUs, is the the final technical skill that disambiguates the radio amateur from the CBer being lost? However, you are correct that the ATU is a dying art. I've been zapped by the high voltages produced by antenna tuners often enough to suspect that dying might be involved in the tuning process. If it's not science, it must be art. Art - most definitely. But where's the "technical skill" in adjusting a pi network of two capacitors and one inductor? CBers may not need to worry about ATUs, but many are quite capable of using the pi networks on the PAs of their valved rigs which have been re-crystalled for 6.5 and/or 27 MHz. If memory serves, the legendary FT101 even included 27MHz coverage. It was certainly reported to be used by more CBers than licensed amateurs. Just to add, I wasn't condoning the use of such radios on 6.5 or 27MHz. However, there's no point in denying that it happened. |
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