Steve,
Right now, I don't even have a 6 meter antenna, but since the radio has 6
meters, I want that band in the tuner. I have an Ameratron *11-H, and
haven't had any problems with it. I'm not as worried about hurting the amp
as you might be since it's a tube amp, and tubes are a little more forgiving
than transistors. I read some reviews on the AT-1000Pro, and two out of
three were favorable. The one that was slightly less so (3 out of 5) was
actually the best review, and his issue was that the tuner couldn't get the
SWR all the way to 1:1. He also couldn't get his 160 meter dipole to tune
up on other bands, so he finally bought a Palstar for almost twice the
price. I can't justify spending nearly $1300 for a tuner, especially when
the radio itself doesn't cost that much.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 21:39
Subject: Re: LDG AT-1000Pro
> Steve,
>
> Yeah, the QC at MFJ is always a question. It's one reason I went with a
> THP amp instead of Ameritron. I would also like 6 meters and even though
> the LDG's power is limited to something like 250 watts on 6, it is still
> nice to have that band in the tuner.
>
> Good luck with any future purchase.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:38 PM
> Subject: Re: LDG AT-1000Pro
>
>
>> Steve,
>>
>> You're right. The LDG manual specifically tells you to put the amp in
>> stand-by while tuning. That's probably not a bad idea anyway just in
>> case
>> something goes wrong.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 19:27
>> Subject: Re: LDG AT-1000Pro
>>
>>
>>> As I re-read the manual for the LDG, it doesn't appear to have this
>>> feature. Also it looks as though you are supposed to manually put the
>>> amp
>>> into standby and tune at a low power setting on the LDG and then
>>> increase
>>> power and put amp into operate, all manually. It looks like the MFJ
>>> does
>>> all this with the touch of the tuner button on the rig ( of course with
>>> all
>>> needed cables connected).
>>>
>>> I'll have to investigate a bit more before plunking down any money. My
>>> Palstar manual tuner works fine, but the amp is swr sensitive and with
>>> small bandwidth on 160 and 80 I do a lot of antenna tuning.
>>>
>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 7:06 PM
>>> Subject: Re: LDG AT-1000Pro
>>>
>>>
>>>> I've never seen one that bypasses the amp for high SWR but I thought
>>>> the
>>>> LDG
>>>> did say something about something like that in the manual.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 5:57 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: LDG AT-1000Pro
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> John,
>>>>>
>>>>> Will the LDG bypass the amp while tuning or in the case of high swr?
>>>>> I've
>>>>> looked at specs and manuals for a number of high power auto tuners,
>>>>> and
>>>>> while I may have missed something somewhere, I don't recall seeing it
>>>>> on
>>>>> other units.
>>>>>
>>>>> Other manufacturers may do something different, but it appears that
>>>>> in
>>>>> the
>>>>> 998 the amp keying line goes from rig to tuner and then to amp so
>>>>> the
>>>>> tuner can prevent the amp from being keyed during tune-up or in the
>>>>> event
>>>>> of high swr.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tnx for the info.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 4:01 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: LDG AT-1000Pro
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> The LDG one will do all that too.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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