Topband: Antenna Tuners

[Gary K9GS]

As a point of reference, in the product manual for the Palstar auto 
tuner, they do mention developing a remote version of their auto tuner.

PALSTAR will offer a fully remote version of the base version in the near
future. However, in certain cases where there is DC power available at
a reasonable distance you can operate this base version in the AUTO
MODE. Other functions would of course not be available.

I have e-mailed Palstar but, to date, they have not responded. I would 
love it if someone would come up with a high power, fully weatherized, 
remote tuner.



On 2/15/2016 4:26 AM, Larry wrote:
> 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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