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In article ,
Larry W4CSC wrote:

Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
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In article ,
"Doug Dotson" wrote:

But only outputs a few milliwatts when tuning I believe. But
you do still need a valid license to work QRP.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

Autotuners need about 3 to 5 watts of RF at the input to the tuner
for the internal Phase and Power Sensing Systems to operate
correctly.

Tuners get all excited if you tune them up at a kilowatt....(c;

Larry W4CSC

Yep, if you do that, the "Magic Smoke" comes out and they don't
work right anymore. It isn't easy to put the smoke back in either.

Bruce in alaska
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