Its fantastic - I love it. This K-Line is the best I've ever had. The P3 and new ATU would be icing on the cake - maybe next year
I had a Palstar HF-Auto and I had problems from the get-go. I was one of the first to purchase it and I wound up as a beta-tester while they worked out the bugs. I like Palstar's products and I'm sure Paul has worked out all the bugs but I prefer the Palstar AT5K manual tuner. I have all my settings written down and the most time it takes me to tune up is about 30 seconds. A manual Transmatch is really just 3 parts (2 variable Caps and a roller inductor) when you eliminate the meter circuit.
The HF-Auto started out as (I think) a 2 kW tuner with a 10 to 1 matching range and the maximum power and matching range have been reduced - twice I think. I can throw everything the Alpha can generate at the AT5K and it can handle it. I don't think you can do that with any automatic transmatch currently on the market.
Rich, you are not running legal limit so this does not apply to you but for those who are running the limit I think they will be hard pressed to beat the Palstar AT5K.
73,
Chris/NU1O
