As a point of reference, in the product manual for the Palstar auto
tuner, they do mention developing a remote version of their auto tuner.
PALSTAR will off er a fully remote version of the base version in the near
future. However, in certain cases where there is DC power available at
a reasonable distance you can operate this base version in the AUTO
MODE. Other functions would of course not be available.
I have e-mailed Palstar but, to date, they have not responded. I would
love it if someone would come up with a high power, fully weatherized,
remote tuner.
On 2/15/2016 4:26 AM, Larry wrote:
I have started looking at tuners myself and was mainly interested in
auto tuners. There are some that claim to handle the legal limit
except for RTTY. I have a Dentron MT3000A manual tuner and it doesn't
seem to care. OTOH most of my antennas usually don't need a tuner as I
have had solid state rigs since the early 1980's and they are not as
tolerant of an SWR above 2:1. I recently switched to a solid state amp
which is much more touchy about SWR than the radios. I am thinking the
auto tuner may make the amp a bit happier. The choices are few however.
73, Larry W6NWS
On 2/14/2016 10:11 PM, Robert Harmon wrote:
Jim,
You are undoubtedly going to get a variety of recommendations on a
tuner.
I guess the first thing to decide is if you really want an automatic
tuner. Secondly it if you
are going to use balanced line or not. And last but not least power
level you will be using. I have a Palstar AT5K which works very
well. Rated for our legal limit then some. Easy to tune
up and takes full limit easily. It is a manual tuner though. I used
a Dentron MT-2000 for years and
it had switchable taps on the inductor. There were places where I
couldnt get a nice match, needed
another tap, hihi. My preference now is the rotary inductors like
the Palstars. You can dial in a great
match all the time, no switch settings to contend with.
Bob
K6UJ
On 2/14/16 6:30 PM, Jim Murray via Topband wrote:
Hello all,Would you have any recommendations for antenna tuners?
Have been looking at the automatics, Palstar, Mfj, LDG At-1000Proii
etc.. Have been using an old Dentron which doesn't have very close
markings on the dials and getting tired of turning and adjusting.
Another option would be another manual such as the At2k with more
precise settings. I do quite of bit of band hopping and even on 160
my Inv. L is perfect on 1.830 but doesn't like going very far either
up or down, hence the need for a little tuner loss. The automatics
look pretty appealing but would appreciate any opinions from the
group.Thanks
Jim/k2hn
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