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FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION
1.
POWER/SWR METER
Dual needle meter displays FORWARD and
REFLECTED power in watts. SWR is measured where the two needles
intersect on the red scale. SWR is printed on meter face.
2.
PEAK HOLD
Select to read Peak Hold on the SWR meter. Peak switch [3]
must be in PEAK position.
3.
PEAK
Selects between PEAK and AVERAGE power metering display.
4.
RANGE
Two-position switch selects the range of FORWARD and
REFLECTED power displayed on the power meter. When the RANGE
button is OUT, the FORWARD meter scale reads 300 watts full scale and
the REFLECTED meter scale reads 60 watts full scale. When the RANGE
button is IN, the FORWARD meter scale reads 3000 watts full scale and
the REFLECTED meter scale reads 600 watts full scale.
5.
ON
Select to turn on the backlight in the meter and enable metering,
and 160 meter functions. The jack on the back panel must be supplied
with 12 VDC for these functions to work.
6.
DIRECT-TUNED MODE SWITCH
Six-position rotary switch selects an
output connector as follows:
1
2 3 4 5
6
7
8
9
PALSTAR
a.
DIRECT BYPASS
selects BYPASS COAX CONNECTOR bypassing the
impedance matching circuit, but providing SWR, FORWARD, and
REFLECTED power meter readings.
b.
DIRECT COAX 1
selects COAX 1 CONNECTOR bypassing the tuner
matching circuit, but providing SWR, FORWARD, and REFLECTED meter
readings.
c.
DIRECT COAX 2
selects COAX 2 CONNECTOR bypassing the tuner
matching circuit, but providing SWR, FORWARD, and REFLECTED meter
readings.
d.
TUNED COAX 1
selects COAX 1 CONNECTOR through the impedance
matching T circuit.
e.
TUNED COAX 2
selects COAX 2 CONNECTOR through the impedance
matching T circuit.
7.
INPUT
Continuosly adjustable input capacitor.
8.
OUTPUT
Continuously adjustable output capacitor.
9.
INDUCTOR
25 H continuously variable ceramic roller inductor driven
by a crank handle. Coupled to the crank handle is a gear-driven
precision mechanical counter. The end stop readings
on the turns counter are ZERO and 279. Zero is max-
imum inductance and 279 is minimum inductance.
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