Not intending to be repetitive, but I also have a BT1500A and concur it is an
excellent, well built tuner. I use it with a 350 ft. horizontal loop fed with
600 ohm parallel line. Works fine on 80 throught 10 meters. It does not work
well on 160. I also use a MFJ in-line balanced RF ammeter, and it sure is nice
to see equal readings on each leg of the line when tuning the antenna with the
BT1500A.
Scott K4VWK
-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net>
>Sent: Mar 19, 2009 10:02 AM
>To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Problem on 160 meters, Whats up?
>
>I have a BT1500A and it's a fine piece of kit. However the L-network
>configuration means it has limited matching range on 160m.
>
>Steve G3TXQ
>
>JT Croteau wrote:
>> For purely balanced applications, the Palstar BT1500A is the tuner to
>> have if one is unable or unwilling to build their own balanced
>> network. The AT*K series are better left to matching coaxial fed
>> antennas.
>>
>>
>
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