[Yaesu] FT-897D question

Sat Oct 1 00:45:51 EDT 2005

Hello, some of you might remember back around the first of the month I
submitted a message about a faulty VFO on my new FT-897D. Well, I got it
back from service today, 3 weeks to the day from when I sent it off.
Everything seems to be OK with it. My first contact after powering it up
today was with a station in Croatia.
I have a question that I'm hoping someone might have the answer to. I have
the bolt on FC-30 auto-tuner. Does the 897 decrease the output power
automagically when auto tuning? I haven't seen anything that would indicate
that in the manual. Presently, I manually drop the power before auto
tuning.
Anyone?
Thanks in advance.
73,
Ken, KC9GLQ