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| Reviews Summary for LDG Z-100Plus |
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Reviews: 14
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Average rating: 4.9/5
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MSRP: $159.99
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Description: LDG’s popular Z-100 economy tuner is now the Z-100Plus. Still small and simple to use, the Z-100Plus sports 2000 memories that store both frequency and tuning parameters. It will run on any voltage source from 7 to 18 volts; six AA batteries will run it for a year of normal use. Current draw while tuning is less than 100ma.
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Product is in production.
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More info: http://www.ldgelectronics.com/c/252/products/1/49/1
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DO9GB
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 19, 2012 00:27
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Good but ...
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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As everybody said before: it works very good and fast.
My only little disappointment was, that I actually have to press the tune button for every frequency change I make. With all those memories, I was under the wrong expectation that it will automatically tune the frequencies that it already has in memory.
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WS8B
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 9, 2012 20:11
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super
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Works great and constructed well. I replaced my sgc mac 200 when it burned.
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N2WJW
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 6, 2011 15:42
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Great little tuner!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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So I finally broke down and purchased one of these and to my surprise, it interacts with my Icom 718 wow! Talk about easy... I just touch the "tuner" button on front of the rig and starts to tune. No it will not tune anything but it will tune just about anything my MFJ-949E tunes at the push of a button. It has memory so once you are tuned on most bands, it "remembers" once you go back to a previous band. I like the small footprint and the simplicity of it as well. It comes with power cables, one cable to plug into the Icom for power and another to use with an outside supply plus another cable to interface with the Icom rig. It can also be used with any other rig as well by using the push button on the tuner while keying up a low power signal with the mic or cw key
I feel I made a good purchase here so its a solid 5 for me.
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DL2NEP
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 14, 2011 07:37
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great up to crazy
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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It tunes nearby everything. I was able to tune a 2m (144MHz) antenna down to the 20m band. It works fine. This tuner works realy fine ! It is only a little bit loud during tuning. But this is really no problem.
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NN6AA
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Rating: 4/5
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Nov 1, 2010 15:52
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memories
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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they boast about memories and how fast the turner will tune a freq' in memories.....or if not in memory it takes about 6 seconds.... my ldg tuner works good but the memories dont work.... or i should say once in a while...... other wise its the 6 second tune up.... no big deal....... but it would be nice for the memories to work for the one tenth second tune ...... maybe mine is just not working properly... ed nn6aa
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WA6MOW
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 4, 2010 14:08
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Don't leave home without it.
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I use mine with various QRP rigs in the field. Powered with two 9 volt batteries that seem to last forever. LDG stands behind their products 100% and this tuner is another winner, small, fast and very efficient.
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KD0GIV
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 15, 2010 11:12
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Works great!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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This is a great tuner that comes with several interface cables and a jumper coax. I have a ground mounted 41' vertical antenna (no loading coils) with 50' ground radialls and a 4:1 balun. My old MFJ-949E could tune 80 through 15 with SWR below 2:1. The Z100Plus can tune 80 through 10 with SWR below 1.5:1!
The full tune cycle takes a few seconds and a memory tune takes around one second. So far it tunes on the first try everytime! It comes in a small metal case and uses very little power. I have not had any problems whatsoever.
My old Kenwood can't interface with this tuner so to tune you have to provide a constant carrier and push a button. I think this tuner is a great value and a great performer.
KD0GIV
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KB5SXV
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 4, 2010 00:26
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Wonderful Auto Tuner
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I can tell everyone that if you want a GREAT auto tuner this is the one. I just wished that I had bought it sooner. It will tune ALL HF bands 6-160 as I have a 160 inverted L, 3 element 5 band beam, 75 meter inverted v, and a multi band vertical. If you just run the 120-125 watts out of the radio you need this tuner.
LDG you have a winner and it does what you say.
Thanks & 73's
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KE6EUM
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 4, 2010 00:04
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Love it.
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I finally bought this auto tuner a couple of weeks ago. Love it. Was using an MFJ manual tuner until recently. Didn't know what i was missing out on. It works great. It is a little noisy when first tuning a new band, but once in memory, it switches quickly and quietly. Remember to turn down your mic gain while tuning to prevent transmitting the relays latching.
My only concern is that it will not tune at low wattage input. Kept getting error codes (no carrier). I was only able to figure it out by accident, when i just happened to turn my power up and it worked. It works fine at lower power after it tunes the antenna.
I know it only has one button, but i still needed to read the manual. That one button has three functions.
I am feeding a G5RV Junior dipole and it tunes all bands just fine except for 160 (too short).
I have a Diamond swr/watt meter connected in line with the tuner to verify results.
I am using a Kenwood TS-180 with the tuner. It comes with cables for newer rigs that control it directly.
Very satisfied with this purchase.
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KG6BRG
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 8, 2009 06:10
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as advertised
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I'm tuning a 75 foot wire (with a 1:1 LDG balun and a couple of tuned counterpoise wires) easily on 40, 60,and 80 meters, my bands of choice. It also tunes nicely on 20 meters. Have not tried any other bands, but I'm sure with different lengths of wire and / or a 4:1 balun I could tune any of the other bands. Fit and finish is nice and good customer service too. I had an external VSWR meter in series for a while and it always tuned the wire to less than 1.5:1, as advertised. Good job LDG.
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