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NOANTENNA VILLE.  AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, IT TURNED OUT TO BE AN OPTIMAL QTH
FOR TESTING THIS ANTENNA TUNER.  MY MAIN ANTENNA NOW IS A 20 FOOT FLAGPOLE.
IT DOESNT RESONATE ANYWHERE.  THE TUNER MATCHES MY FLAGPOLE ON ALL BANDS 80
THROUGH 6 METERS.  IT WILL NOT MATCH THE FLAGPOLE ON 160 METERS I NEVER
EXPECTED IT TO.  THE NATIVE SWR OF THE FLAGPOLE IS ABOVE 10 1, AND THE TG
XL PROTECTIVE CIRCUITS WILL NOT ALLOW TUNING.  IT TUNES THE FLAGPOLE ON THE
OTHER BANDS QUICKLY, WITHOUT ANY DRAMA, AND MEMORIZES THE SETTINGS.  I CAN
NOW CHANGE FREQUENCIES FROM ONE BAND TO THE OTHER, AND BY THE TIME I REACH
MY KEY TO TRANSMIT, THE TUNER HAS SWITCHED IN THE CORRECT ELEMENTS FOR THE
NEW BAND AND FREQUENCY.  IN SO2R OPERATION, THE SWITCHING BETWEEN RADIOS 1
AND 2 SLICES A AND B IN FLEXRADIO TERMINOLOGY IS SEAMLESS AND RAPID, AND
FULLY SUPPORTS SO2R CONTESTING.  I ALSO TESTED THE TG XL USING THE FLEX
6600 TRANSCEIVER FOR ONE RADIO AND A YAESU FT 991 FOR THE SECOND RADIO.  I
CONNECTED THE FLEXRADIO UNIT USING THE LAN INTERFACE FOR FREQUENCY AND
KEYING, AND SET THE TG XL TO RF SENSING AND A PTT CABLE FOR THE FT 991.
THAT ALSO WORKED WELL.  CONCLUSION THE TG XL IS AN EXCELLENT BUY FOR ANYONE
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