At 07:33 AM 19-06-01 -0500, Jon wrote:
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>Plate spacing was at least twice and possibly three times larger
>than anyone else's. Construction looked to be of an excellent quality and
>the units were rated at 3KW or greater (if memory serves me).
>
>They weren't cheap. The AT4K with a built in antenna switch, LED bargraph
>and so forth was over $900. However, they were selling the AT4K-BAL which
>has a single input and a single output (either balanced or coax) and none of
>the electronic metering. This unit sold for around $700.
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Jon, thanks for that review. I've often looked longingly at that tuner but
worried about the cost.
One thing that I have found though, is that you also have to look at the
spacing and insulation of the stator plates to frame. It is here where I
have experienced the greatest problems when I built a tuner. The plate
spacing was big but the spacing to frame was small and the frame had many
sharp edges and corners where arcs easily occurred.
73, Alek.
VK6APK
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