Hi Not familiar with Palstar, but have had a TT 238 for about 3 years
without any problem, running max power at times. My antenna is a 135 foot
dipole at 55 feet, center fed with home made open line, about 50 feet to a
"remote balun" on the outside of the house, then a about 30 feet of low loss
50 ohm coax to the tuner. I can tune all normal bands from 75 to 10 m.
including the \WARC bands with no difficulty. Been an active ham for over
50 years and this tuner has been the best for all around band hopping.
Ken, WA4RPH
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From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Jeff Frank
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 6:19 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] tentec 238B or palstar 1500cv ?
I'm trying to decide which of the above two high power ant tuners (new) is
the best one to get. I have a TT Omni 6 (opt 1) and an Ameritron 572 amp
with internal QSK. My understanding is the TT amp is a bit more rugged but
has the problem of a reflected power meter that doesn't show swr and output
at a glance. Also, have read about a possible problem with the TT roller
inductor wearing out and a possible problem with capacitor C11 blowing up on
10 meters. The Palstar is about $100 cheaper. The L-network of the tentec is
supposed to be the most efficient type of matching network but how much does
that matter as a practical concern? Important to me is the ability to switch
from one antenna to another as quickly as possible as I have different wire
antennas for the same band that favor different directions. Wish the TT amp
was still made with a grey cabinet so it would match my Omni 6 but at least
it should match it in shape. Anyway, does anyone have any thoughts or
experienc
e that might help me make this decision.
TT 238B vs. Palstar 1500CV. Thanks.
Jeff KX2P
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