Hi Bill, Just letting you know your message about noise was read. Sorry no one came back with any answers. Did you try to see if there was noise when...
Hi, Check the jumper settings and confirm if they are set for tuning elements out on receive. If they are in, the processor remains active and will create some...
HI ALL I HAVE AN ALINCO DX-70TH AND LOOKING FOR AN SGC 239 SND WONT TO CONECT IT TO THE RIG SO I CAN COTROL IT STRAGHT FRON THE RIGDOSE ANY ONE HAVE ANY INFO...
Hi Ross, For simplicity, if you are going mobile, and often changing from one vehicle to another with no permanent installation, I would suggest you invest in...
Hi all, Has anyone tried mounting a Smartuner on it's own magmount [Magnets supplying RF-Ground from the coupler to the car body as counterpoise]? If it ...
Seems to me that SGC was marketing some sort of strap-on sytem at one time where the tuner was lashed to the side of a vehicle with web straps and stabilized...
I'm looking for info in addition to that on SGC's site pertaining to small multiturn loops. I'm thinking of a four turn loop with about 90 feet of wire with...
Hi Dave, How big an area will you be placing it in? How high off the earth? Vertical or horizontal? Will you feed it with ladder line, or have the SG-239 at...
Idea, Another Smartuner mobile mounting idea would be: A coupler on magnets, set over a hole in the body of the vehicle where a stainless bolt/stud with...
Hi Dave, thanks for the reply. I have a rotator mounted about three feet off the ground that was previously used for a receive loop, so I plan to put a six...
hi all i have a sgc 239 tuner and would like to know how best to earth it is it best to earth it thrugh the antenna out ground or metel case also i have an...
Hey there Dave, What a great name! Technical types will tell you about what kind of range and efficiency you will have with that length of loop. I will never...
FB, Dave, That's the fun of it, seeing what it'll do. However it works, I'll have another antenna to add to my semi-stealth farm. If I get it up before it...
OK Dave et al, after I slept on it I came up with the following to build upon your mag mount/ground strap idea: With the presence of the ground stud of say a...
Hi Joe, Great additions from you. You have me thinking, and this is pre-coffee time! I am using MS Paint, inside all Windows software under "Accessories". ...
""Hi all, Has anyone tried mounting a Smartuner on it's own magmount [Magnets supplying RF-Ground from the coupler to the car body as counterpoise]? "" Dave ...
I recently finished mods to a Yaesu FT-70 to make a portable configuration. There are three pix of it up in the photos section under "KI0PF". Two of my...
Hi Mark, No takers so far on your question. Is your unit still under warranty? I think it may be time to call SGC for their advice on your situation. It sounds...
... Dave, Found the problem, and it WASN'T obvious. Well, until I found it! This is a (barely) used tuner and either the factory (very unlikely) or the...
... Like I mentioned in a previous post, the info on the SGC site is for the old version. I've asked them where I can get the new layouts and schematics....
Mark: Where did you find the schematics on the SGC site? My SG211 is about 1.5 years old. Is that considered an "old" version compatible with the "old"...
Hi, You better have another look! I modified mine (an early version) by utilizing those 2 pins and adding a link underneath to kill the rf sensing going to the...
Hi everyone, Since there are some very recent new subscribers who signed on specifically for information on the SG-211, I am including the "SG-211 Tips File"...
Thats a good mod! Off to the buNnY bench with that one! Was wondering how to do a remote lock! now I know! 73 Ren W3BNY I found this while poking around on...
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