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ON5ZO
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 10, 2003 07:42
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Usefull tool
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I found this unit second hand for 100€/$. It was a bit rusty on the outside (but pristine on the inside) so I removed the rust and paint with sandpaper and spraypainted it; it looks like new now, and smelled like new for a couple of weeks, hi!
Other than a tuner, I also had a power meter and A/B/dummy coax switch with this purchase.
When it comes to tuning, I have been able to present 50ohms to the rig in all situations I used it for.
This one will never leave my shack, or at least not permanently...
- ON5ZO
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ON4VP
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 16, 2001 05:25
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Good tuner + antenna switch power meter
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Not only you get a nice tuner, but besides that you can switch between two 50 Ohms antennas and an extra longwire antenna. If connected, you can load against a dummy load to. Choose between "trough" or via "matcher", read out the SWR, power (fwd and ref).
I use it togheter with my TS-530 but you can use it with any transceiver. I had one before, sold it but recently found another and will never sell it again.
The hardware is of good quality, and power can be handled more than 200 watts for shure. Never tried 1 KW as the ZL-station did, HI.
A very nice piece of equipment right there on the shelf !
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ZL3AG
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 20, 2001 16:47
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Good versatile tuner
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have had the AT230 for 18 years. It initially came to the shack as an accessory to the TS830S and SP230. I found it could almost load into anything, and added greatly to the versatility of my station.
Well the TS830 is long gone. It was replaced with a TS430S 15 years ago and still is in the set up now that I have an IC 746. It allows the Icom to work to really bad matches and also follows a FL2500 amplifier. Yes it will handle 1Kw ( not on 160) as long as you do not change the switches when doing it.
These units are so cheap now, keep one or get one. It is really handy on the shelf.
I intend adding a PEP ability to the power measuring in the future and recalibrating the meters.
( I still have the SP230, it has a homebrew +13V supply for the IC746.)
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