[Elecraft] OT: Palstar

[Petr Ourednik]

Hi Ken,

thank You for reply and the tip for the tuner.

Unfortunately in case of AT-AUTO 1500 ... 

- inductor tended to squeal on some units
- calibration problems in many cases
- antenna mismatches although SWR 1 reported by the logic unit
- jamming the inductor coil during an attempted tune-up
- some of units does not work even new arrived from factory
- memories troubles on some units
- stepper motors and crossneedle meter are not suitable for -30C/iced wx
- more antennas switch (4-8) not presented

... it is too many reported issues for so overpriced unit.

I though about this ATU year ago but I am not able to spend so huge
amount
for some unreliable gear.

Thank You Ken for info. Congrats to Your BT1500A manual tuner which
sounds very good.

73 - Petr, OK1RP

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:29:55 -0000, "Ken Kopp"
<ElecraftCovers at rfwave.net> said:
> While it's not the Palstar autotuner, I do have the BT1500A for 
> balanced line and it's very nice.  The construction is OUTSTANDING!!
> 
> 73! Ken
>      ElecraftCovers at rfwave.net
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