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Palstar  tradition for high-quality 
products designed and 
manufactured in Ohio, USA.

BT1500A 1500 Watt

Balanced Antenna Tuner

  

1500 Watts PEP

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160m to 15m

  

Custom variable capacitors and inductor

  

Dual movement cross needle meter

  

13 1/4” x 6 1/2” x 16 7/8”

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

PALSTAR

BT1500A Balanced Antenna Tuner 

Technical Manual

Designed and Manufactured in the USA

Copyright 2018 Palstar, Inc.

PALSTAR

Содержание BT1500A

Страница 1: ...alanced Antenna Tuner 1500 Watts PEP 160m to 15m Customvariablecapacitorsandinductor Dual movement cross needle meter 13 1 4 x 6 1 2 x 16 7 8 9676 N Looney Rd Piqua OH 45356 USA 937 773 6255 800 773 7...

Страница 2: ...Tuner is an American made impedance matching network The BT1500A optimizes the performance of your antenna and transmitter by providing adjustable impedance matching using balanced dual tandem roller...

Страница 3: ...the rear panel Keep the c able as shor t as po ssible I f you use a linear amplifier connec t your transmitter to the linear amplifier input and the linear amplifier output to the BT1500A DO N OT USE...

Страница 4: ...40 amp contact relay This function only works if the unit is provided with 12 VDC at the power jack 5 PEAK HOLD Select to read Peak Hold on the SWR meter Peak switch Button 6 above must be in PEAK pos...

Страница 5: ...e to e ffec t a good match on one or more bands of op erat i on whe n using a fe edline into the length from the tuner of the a ntenn a Since the losses on the parallel line are ver y low a few ex t r...

Страница 6: ...BT1500ASCHEMATIC COPYRIGHT PALSTAR 2011 2018 PALSTAR 15 15 Page 5...

Страница 7: ...ngl e e nde d L ne t wor k the legs of the balanced L net wor k a re b ot h above the ground potential Hence both the input a nd a ntenna side s of the net wor k are balanced I n order to accommodate...

Страница 8: ...ARD ADJUSTMENTS Reverse Low Reverse High Forward Low Forward High Peak Hold Peak Peak Low Power Range Peak High On Off PALSTAR INSIDE VIEW ROLLER INDUCTORS VARIABLE CAPACITORS COUPLER METERING ASSEMBL...

Страница 9: ...HI C HI C 156 184 215 231 237 238 PALSTAR 10 M 15 HI C 240 HI Z HI Z HI Z HI Z HI Z HI Z HI Z OPERATING YOUR BT1500A 5 S et POWER R ANGE switch to 300 W button out 6 Key your transmitter and adjust th...

Страница 10: ...etune 3 I f you get low SWR readings at more than one setting use the setting that gives highest FOR WARD power reading lowest REFLEC TED power reading uses the largest capacitance highest number on t...

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