Topband: Antenna Tuners

[Larry]

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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