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POWER AND PROCESSING STATE.  SLID FAR LEFT, THE UNIT SHUTS OFF AND
NO AUDIO IS SENT OUT.  IN THE CENTER POSITION, INDICATED AS ON,
AMPLIFIED AUDIO IS SENT OUT BUT THERE IS NO PROCESSING.  IN THE FAR
RIGHT POSITION, THE DSP DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR CIRCUIT IS TURNED
ON.  THE DSP LEVEL IS CONTROLLED BY THE CENTER ROTARY SWITCH, WITH
POSITION 1 THE LEAST PROCESSING AND POSITION 8 THE MAXIMUM
PROCESSING.  NOISE CANCELING LEVELS, CORRESPONDING TO THE SWITCH
POSITIONS, ARE SPECIFIED U AGES INSIDE THE TUNER AND CAN BE
DESTRUCTIVE.  THE TG XLS MICROCONTROLLER EXECUTES AN ALGORITHM THAT
QUICKLY VARIES THE VALUE OF EACH ELEMENT OF THE MATCHING SECTION OF
THE TUNER.  IT REPEATS UNTIL AN ACCEPTABLE MATCH IS REALIZED.  THE
TUNER THEN STORES THE MATCHING NETWORKS ELEMENT VALUES IN
NONVOLATILE MEMORY.  THE NEXT TIME YOU GO TO A FREQUENCY WITHIN 10
KHZ OF A STORED SOLUTION, IT RECALLS THE STORED SOLUTION AND APPLIES
THESE VALUES TO THE CIRCUIT.  IMPRESSIONS I HAVE USED FLEXRADIO
SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT SINCE THE FLEX 6000 SERIES WAS INTRODUCED.
ALTHOUGH I HAVE NO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH FLEXRADIO OTHER THAN
BEING AN ENTHUSIASTIC CUSTOMER, I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF FLEXRADIOS
ALPHA TEST TEAM FOR ALL OF THEIR PRODUCTS, INCLUDING THE TG XL.  ON
THE OTHER HAND, OWNING THE COMPLETE FLEX ECOSYSTEM IS ESSENTIAL TO
OPERATING THIS UNIT AT ITS FULL POTENTIAL.  WHEN THE TG XL WAS
ANNOUNCED, I HAD A COMPETITIVE SO2R CONTEST STATION WITH TOWERS,
EFFECTIVE LOW BAND ANTENNAS, AND RECEIVING ANTENNAS.  I HAD A FLEX
6600 RADIO, A POWER GENIUS AMPLIFIER, AND THE ANTENNA GENIUS ANTENNA
SWITCH.  THIS SETUP ALLOWED ME TO DO SO2R CONTESTING WITH JUST ONE
RADIO AND ONE AMPLIFIER.  BETWEEN THE TIME I PRE ORDERED THE TG XL
AND WHEN I RECEIVED IT, MY WIFE AND I REALIZED THAT WE HAD RUN OUT
OF YOUTH AND DECIDED TO DOWNSIZE.  WE NOW LIVE IN A MUCH SMALLER
HOME WITH A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.  CALL IT 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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