Palstar HF-AUTO Technical Manual Download

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Palstar products are designed by
Hams for Hams carrying on the
Palstar tradition for high-quality
products designed and
manufactured in Ohio, USA.

HF-AUTO Automatic

Antenna Tuner

2 watts to 1800 watts PEP

160 m to 6m

Tuning time 10 secs or less

Large 4 line display

12.5” x 6.5” x 16.5”

9676 N. Looney Rd,
Piqua, OH 45356 USA
(937) 773-6255
(800) 773-7931
(937) 773-8003 (Fax)
www.palstar.com

HF-AUTO RF NETWORK

Technical Manual

Designed and Manufactured in the USA

PALSTAR

Summary of Contents for HF-AUTO

Page 1: ...O Automatic Antenna Tuner l 2 watts to 1800 watts PEP l 160 m to 6m l Tuning time 10 secs or less l Large 4 line display l 12 5 x 6 5 x 16 5 9676 N Looney Rd Piqua OH 45356 USA 937 773 6255 800 773 79...

Page 2: ...ic all y 1 0 se cs 8 0 m to 6m 3 5 se cs 8 0 m to 160m l DUT Y C YCLE 1 00 S S B A ND C W l DIGITAL DISPL AY RF Power S WR Freq u en c y Anten n a selec t ion Posit ion of L a nd C M ode s Auto M anu...

Page 3: ...Tuneable Auto T Network tuner It is completely independent of data from an external source to determine frequency of tracking from Band to Band As a result of this feature the HF AUTO will function wi...

Page 4: ...NNECT the RS 232 cable to the rear panel l CONNECT the other end of the RS 232 cable to Com 1 or your computer l TURN ON the HF AUTO l SET Switch at rear of the HF AUTO to PROGRAM l Note LED PROGRAM M...

Page 5: ...ce the time needed to find the C and L tune positions when a given frequency is first applied v1 26 corrected a problem where some units were incorrectly reading EEPROM calibration and setting values...

Page 6: ...llow the tuner to pretune to a memory segment containing the desired frequency ANOTHER application of RF Power must be applied to complete the final tune condition where high power may be applied You...

Page 7: ...HZ OF SETTINGS SPACED 1 8 MHZ to 20 MHZ 51 4 Khz 3 5 MHZ to 4 0 MHZ 51 10 Khz 7 0 MHZ to 7 3 MHZ 36 50 Khz 10 1 MHZ to 10 150 MHZ 2 50 Khz 14 0 MHZ to 14 350 MHZ 18 40 Khz 18 068 MHZ to 18 168 MHZ 3 5...

Page 8: ...DC 10 pin 8 pin 6 pin P2 P2 P3 P3 P4 P4 P5 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 SW1 Program Run J1 J4 SO 239 J5 DE 9 Female SW1 SPST recessed switch open RUN J6 J7 RCA Phono Female P1 DC male connector 5A PCB conne...