[Elecraft] OT: Palstar

[DBellW6AQ at aol.com]

I've had an AT Auto for several years with my K3 and Alpha 87A and after I  
got used to a couple of ideosyncracies, it has worked flawlessly, and the 
87A  does NOT like any SWR over 2 to 1.
 
73, Dave
 
In a message dated 1/26/2010 12:03:08 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
indians at xsmail.com writes:

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
>       http://tinyurl.com/7lm3m5
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