[TenTec] Problem on 160 meters, Whats up?

[Scott Harwood]

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 at karinya.net>
>Sent: Mar 19, 2009 10:02 AM
>To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at 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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