Ian, Unfortunately, I'm in the same boat: Looking for an antenna tuner that *truly* supports high power. I was hoping the Palstar balanced tuner BT1500A was it, but I found it less than robust when processing 1500 W. The tuner (fine print) is not spec'd for 1500 continuous, so forget RTTY/etc and beware full power tune-ups. The input balun toasts quite nicely. Also, the relay that switches the large section of the capacitor in/out failed on me, with the inner insulation of that relay bubbling up out of the core. The tuner ought to run relays energized forever. Mine did not. I had left it configured that way (ten meters) overnight. My bad, apparently. YMMV of course.
If you ever find one that will tolerate 1.5 kW into various loads, please post it. FYI, I'm using that tuner to match to a 260' dipole, center fed with nominal 600-ohm OWL (constructed using Ladder Snaps). 73 and GL! Gary W2CS >All, > >I find myself finally admitting that I need an antenna tuner that >supports high power. I run a K3/P3 combo with an Ameritron AL-811H amp. >Since we are still waiting on word about pricing and release date for >the KAT500, I find myself looking at other alternatives for a 1 - 1.5 KW >auto tuner. >What are others using? Several people I know have had issues with the >LDG AT-1000PRO, so I probably want to stay away from that one. > >Thanks in advance for the advice. > >73, > >-- Ian >Ian Kahn, KM4IK ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
