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THE DESKTOP APP YOU CAN SET UP, CONFIGURE, AND OPERATE THE TG XL USING THE
WINDOWS UTILITY APP PROVIDED WITH YOUR TG XL SEE FIGURE 2.  THE DESKTOP
APPLICATION BECOMES HANDY IT IS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE YOU CAN CONNECT TO YOUR
LAN.  I LIKE TO SIT ON MY BACK PORCH AND OPERATE.  I CONNECT TO MY RADIO,
AMPLIFIER, AND TUNER WITH A LAPTOP COMPUTER, USING MY HOME NETWORK WI FI.
THE TG XL CAN OPERATE FULLY AUTOMATICALLY, OR YOU CAN MANUALLY TUNE IT.
METERS SHOW THE OUTPUT POWER AND SWR FOR RADIO A 1 AND RADIO B 2 WHEN
TRANSMITTING ON EITHER.  WHEN TRANSMITTING, THE PTT BLOCK LIGHT SHOWS WHICH
ONE IS TRANSMITTING.  THE BLUE CIRCLES SHOW THE POSITION OF THE TG XL
COMPONENTS AND CAN BE USED TO MANUALLY ADJUST THEM.  NEXT TO THE COMPONENT
CONTROLS YOU WILL SEE THE STBY, BYP, AND TUNE BUTTONS.  THE STBY BUTTON
PUTS THE TG XL IN STANDBY.  THE BYP BUTTON BYPASSES THE TUNER AND ALLOWS
YOU TO MEASURE THE NATIVE SWR OF YOUR ANTENNA SYSTEM.  CLICKING ON THE TUNE
BUTTON WILL CAUSE THE TG XL TO TUNE.  CAUTION IF YOU ARE NOT OPERATING IN
THE FLEX ECOSYSTEM, REMEMBER TO PUT YOUR AMPLIFIER IN STANDBY AND SET YOUR
TRANSCEIVER FOR LOW POWER 20 W RECOMMENDED BEFORE TUNING.  CIRCUIT
DESCRIPTION FROM A HIGH LEVEL VIEW, THE TG XL CIRCUIT SHOWN IN FIGURE 3
LOOKS JUST LIKE ANY PI NETWORK ANTENNA TUNER.  THE TWO CAPACITORS AND THE
VARIABLE INDUCTOR ACTUALLY ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS THAT
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