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Review Summary For : mAT-30
Reviews: 12MSRP: 160
Description:
Yaesu-compatible compact automatic antenna tuner
Product is in production
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2E0BJL Rating: 2019-07-16
Perfect Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Hi there, I would like to say i just received my new turner from Ebay and i save quite few £ respect from the normal ham radio shop.
Easy to install on my FT991A and the antenna i'm using is Cobweb from 20 mt to 10 mt, anyway I always had problems with internal atu in 17, 12 and 10 mt with very high ros . But now no anymore.
I very suggest this peace of kit.
Best 73
VA2DV Rating: 2018-09-18
Well kept secret Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I’ve just bought an FT-891 for portable work operation and also as a low footprint base station. I then went hunting for a small matching tuner for it. The Yaesu Fc-50 is waaaay overpriced and it’s range quite limited. The popular z-11pro II would have been a great choice but I wanted to be able to use the tune button on the Ft-891 in situations where the tuner would not be near the operating position. I found the mat-30 while searching Ebay for used tuners. This particular model use the tuner port on Yaesu radios like a fc30, 40 or 50. I was expecting a cheap, just OK product for that price. I was curious enough that I ordered one, choosing a US seller just to be sure I would be able to return it if not satisfied. The shipping just took 2 days since they have also a warehouse in Canada. I was really surprized to find a nicely built unit, heavy, all metal construction (including the front panel) with high-quality lettering. As a good ham, I immediately open the tuner to inspect the circuitry. Super-clean board with first rate components. Even the So-239 sockets are bolted to a tick aluminium plate on the back panel. Operation is a breeze, just plug the included control cable in the Ft-891 and voilà !
as with anytuner, you must help him to learn the settings by tuning on a few frequency on each band. After that, tuning is almost instantaneous. Well, I was not expecting that kind of quality from an unknowned chineese manufacturer.
They also make a model for Icom and a generic one.