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Review Summary For : LDG AT-200Pro Memory Autotuner
Reviews: 88MSRP: 249
Description:
5 to 250 watt autotuner (100W on 6M). 16,000 3-D memories, SWR and Power indicator, 2 position antenna switch, interfaces for all popular radios and 160 thru 6 meter coverage.
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.ldgelectronics.com
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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ZL3AG Rating: 2011-05-12
Outstanding Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
This is a great tuner. I sit the IC7000 atop and it gets a fast accurate tune at all times on a wide range of antennas at this QTH. Would highly recommend. I like the ability to manually increment the "L: and "C" to deal to those awkward matches.
KC7NHT Rating: 2011-04-24
Great tuner Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Great tuner I've only had it a couple of days and I wonder why I took so long to buy it. I had been using a homebrew tuner which worked great with the 40m inverted v and a 20m inverted v and could tune from 80m thru 6m but it was slow and cumbersome now all I have to do is key the xmiter and its tuned. This tuner has a great range and I believe it is the greatest thing since sliced bread. As for the noise I did not find it to be all that bad. I expected it to be noisy with all the relay switching but it is fairly quiet in my opinon and once the Freq is in the memory it only chatters for less than a second. This is the best 230.00 I have ever spent on a Tuner.
PA3CNT Rating: 2011-03-12
Avery nice tuner! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Just bought this tuner today at a Hamfest here in the Netherlands.

It takes a little while to realy manage all the possibilities, but after 3 hours in the shack it sings, dances and cooks me meals!

I use it with an Icom IC-7200 set with which the tuner perfectly interfaces. On the Icom is a "Tuner" button that starts the full or memorized tuning.

Amazing how changing frequency, or even band, becomes a breeze. Tuned the frequency before? then it knows the parameters and kicks in, in a fraction of a second, without seeking.

I won't pity that I bought this!

Rob, PA3CNT


W5XJ Rating: 2011-03-06
2 years old & still good to go Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I've had mine for 2 years+ and it has been great, at home and portable/mobile it is a good performer. The relays are noisy but that is how it works so I put the thing on top of a heavy mouse pad which helped a lot since the desk acts like a guitar body hihi. It has a broader range than most on board tuners which is a plus. 200 W limit makes it a great match for my KW TS-480-HX rig.

I hope LDG will make a 200W weatherproof outboard tuner for use at a vertical one of these days.
W0ZS Rating: 2011-02-23
I like mine Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
I've had mine for about 6 months. Prior to that, I had the Z11Pro. Never a problem with either. I've also owned the LDG antenna switch as well as LDG breakout box. I have nothing but praise for this company. I'm glad they provide quality ham products.
K7NNG Rating: 2011-02-23
EXTREMELY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE Time Owned: more than 12 months.
HAD ISSUES WITH ALL OF MY LDG TUNERS. TOO NOISEY, EMAILED C/S FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT UNITS AND BOTH BALUNS....NOT GOOD.
NOT WILLING TO HELP.
RETURNED ALL LDG TO DEALER AND WAS REFUNDED IMMEDIATELY
KD2BS Rating: 2010-11-15
It works! Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
Although my FT-450 has a built in tuner that works fairly well, I bought the AT-200 Pro to give me some more speed and versatility. Although it is easy to use, there is a bit of a learning curve. Just beginning to talk, as the manual suggests, works sometimes but unless you're a really fast talker, it's not really enough if the tuning takes time. Reading the manual for LDG's new tuner for the FT450 gave me the idea to use AM to tune and that worked well. But, adding a key is easier and makes all the difference. If a particular frequency needs a bit more time, closing the key speeds up the process and as it memorizes frequencies, the need for that is diminishing quickly. The noise is a bit much at first, but as it memorizes, that goes away as well. The more I use this tune, the more I appreciate it!
KF6TP Rating: 2010-10-24
Excellent Tuner Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
The LDG AT - 200 Pro is great. This is my first automatic Antenna Tuners. I had a large manual tuner before and it worked ok but nothing like the AT 200Pro. I cannot believe how easy and fast this tuner works and it has plenty of manual ability if desired, but not necessary. I am running it on a Cobra UltraLite Senior antenna (10-160) and it works great. I added about 15 feet to each side of my antenna to make 160 tune and I used a Balun Designs 4:1 Model 4121 T. Also the amazing tuner tunes most of the entire bands 1.1-1.5:1 if desired you can manually tune it and store it. When I read the specs I thought it was to good to be true well, I am so pleased! What fun and ease.
G0WTZ Rating: 2010-07-05
Excellent Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I use this with many antennae including dipoles whips and so on.
It has never let me down. I sell the units at work and often show customers my very abused FT897 with very abused AT200pro and it simply does what it says on the box never misses a beat

Chris

G0WTZ
WD0FIA Rating: 2010-07-02
Great tuner! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I purchased this unit over a year ago. I use it daily for ham and MARS. It won't tune everything, but it comes close!

I found the tuner works best if it has a excellent ground attached to the rear terminal, that wing nut is there for use, not decoration!

It isn't very quiet, you know when it is trying to tune! But the positive side is you can tell when it is hard to get a match! I can never tell if the internal tuners in my Kenwood TS-480 try or fail.

I got mine from Ham City (was JUNS) for $219, and felt it was a good deal!