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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