In this episode I let you hear the operation of my Kenwood TS940S automatic tuning unit. It had been a while since I’d last transmitted and I was a bit nervous that it might not even work – apparently it still does.
Link to my original show that had a comment from Michael
hpr2668 :: Explaining the controls on my Amateur HF Radio Part 3
https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2668
Link to article about the Kenwood TS940-S
https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/ts940s.html
Information on the Automatic Tuning Unit located internally within the Kenwood TS940S apparently its an optional Unit with Part number AT-940
https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/at940.html
if you really want to dive into more detail about Tuning units feel free to follow this link in wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_tuner
Dipole information from wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole_antenna
40M band allocation information from Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40-meter_band
Noise Blanker information from wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_blanker
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