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1. [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: info4mjs@att.net; Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 17:31:19 +0000; Hi, I've been considering a new antenna tuner for a new QTH. I've been considering the Ten Tec 238B, Palstar AT1500DT, and an XMatch (N4XM). This will be used in conjunction with a solid state 600W a; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00011.html (7,785 bytes)
2. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: george fritkin <georgefritkin@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 10:36:32 -0700 (PDT); George, W6GF PS If the solid state amp is the Ameritron, I use same setup...O2 to AlS-600 to Palstar Auto ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a bet; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00012.html (8,847 bytes)
3. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: "Arthur Trampler" <atrampler@att.net>; Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 12:53:25 -0500; OK, I "have" to chime in. In 2006 QST did a comparison of various auto-tuners, including efficiency ratings. The Palstar Auto Tuner was one of them and I expected its more "traditional" design to yie; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00013.html (9,905 bytes)
4. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: "Chuck & Vicki Tifft" <cftifft@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 11:20:18 -0700; The Palstar AT-1 Auto has some serious shortcomings. Like no antenna selection( on a $1500 box?) and extremely slow tuning. In fact they are dropping it and coming out with a replacement. At least th; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00014.html (10,420 bytes)
5. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: george fritkin <georgefritkin@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 11:45:50 -0700 (PDT); Well I have the Palstar, the LDG 1000 and the MFJ. I just wonder if anybody looks inside ham gear any more. The Palstar looks like a 1.5 kw tuner, but neither the LDG or MFJ look like they can handle; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00016.html (13,273 bytes)
6. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: "Arthur Trampler" <atrampler@att.net>; Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 13:56:41 -0500; George, I agree with your anecdotal assessment. In considering an auto-tuner, I expected the Palstar, due to its design and construction, to be the clear winner on all counts. That is why the results; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00017.html (13,844 bytes)
7. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: george fritkin <georgefritkin@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 12:11:38 -0700 (PDT); Arthur, I have an old LDG tuner that I built in kit form. It has to be 12 years old and it still works great. The LDG 1000 I use for lower power linears....600 to 1000 watts and it works fine. I like; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00018.html (17,100 bytes)
8. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: RaySoifer@cs.com; Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 15:44:06 EDT; I'm using a Heath SA-2060A with my O2 and 600 W amps. They're great if you can find one in good condition. 73 Ray W2RS _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@conte; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00019.html (7,410 bytes)
9. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: Stuart Rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu>; Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 13:48:37 -0700; I believe the LDG is rated at 1000 watts as per its model number. There are MANY MFJ models, some for 100 watts, others 300 watts, and some rated at 1500 watts output, or more. I don't know which mod; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00020.html (8,958 bytes)
10. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: info4mjs@att.net; Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 22:09:55 +0000; Hi, I just wanted to thank everyone for the individual notes as well as posting their feedback on the list. It has given me a few things to think about. Some have even suggested modifying my existing; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00023.html (8,322 bytes)
11. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>; Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 18:43:19 -1000; Be careful! There are many products out there with model numbers which suggest certain power ratings, but the real ratings are much lower than the "model number implied power rating". A good example; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00033.html (9,831 bytes)
12. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: "Denton" <denton@oregontrail.net>; Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 08:34:12 -0700; When we did some remodeling, my station got moved to a room without direct access to the outside, but I was able to run 400 ohm feeders thru an inside wall well away from other wiring...went from the; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00038.html (10,465 bytes)
13. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>; Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 10:22:02 -0600; I'm not much of a fan of TV cable because it often uses aluminum foil and a bit of aluminum braid for the shield and getting and maintaining good connections are difficult. The shielded twin lead sch; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00041.html (10,222 bytes)
14. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: "Jim Brown K9YC" <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 10:46:51 -0700; The high power Ten Tec tuners (229, 238) are very good. I own six of them. Their only shortcomings are 1) they're manual; 2) the caps have poor TC, so can drift a bit with heat under certain conditio; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00069.html (9,861 bytes)
15. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>; Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 09:49:21 -1000; I have heard of useing two pieces of coax to make balanced feeders in this manner before. I am sure that it can work, however I wonder what you lose when you do this. It seems to me that you would n; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00083.html (9,780 bytes)
16. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: "Denton" <denton@oregontrail.net>; Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 13:52:54 -0700; well sir...I used to run a 2 element tri band Gem quad...and found I had best signal to noise and front to back, after resonating the antenna, using a pair of mini 8 coaxes tied together..but when I; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00085.html (11,694 bytes)
17. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: Stuart Rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu>; Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 18:22:04 -0700; Ken, you hit the downsides right on. Dielectric loss in the coax pair, and the voltage and current limits. -Stuart Rohre K5KVH _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenT; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00115.html (9,064 bytes)
18. Re: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions (score: 1): Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>; Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 20:41:42 -0600; To which I would add the low impedance section may lead to lower impedance at the shack that may be harder to tune, but the 150 ohm line is certainly better with a 1000 ohm load than a 50 ohm line. I; /archives//html/TenTec/2008-05/msg00117.html (10,066 bytes)

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