TGXL Lack of tuning memories

I have owned the SO2R TGXL for several months now and for me it is nothing more than a semi-automatic tuner. It has to be re-tuned for each new frequency that I work on. The lack of sufficient memories is the limiting factor.

I operate as a casual CW/SSB contester, maritime service nets, and MARS/Shares requiring frequencies outside of the ham bands. The TGXL has demonstrated that it has insufficient memories to handle stretching a dipole over this much bandwidth, even though it can match up to 10:1 SWR. Therefore I wind up having to re-tune every time I QSY. Imagine having a hi-end tuner skimped on for a few dollars for memory. Even MFJ gets this right. My MFJ-998 has thousands of memories and can make all of HF instantly available. The very reason you need wide SWR matching is defeated by the lack of memories.

If Flex decides that they need to address the above issue, then they may want to look at the limitation of the SO2R version memorizing only one antenna per band per channel also. SPE handles this in software. A separate form can program each antenna and then a small button on the operating software can toggle between up to 3 different antennas for each band. Of course this assumes that I have manually selected the proper antenna to match the software selection, but the TGXL and PGXL were designed with lighting fast protection if I don't. What's the difference if I didn't select the proper antenna, or plug it in to begin with? I also know that adding the 4O3A AG alleviates this limitation, but this is a 1K$ hardware solution to a software problem. Again, the lack of memory may be the limitation.

73,

Bill