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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
PALSTAR
PALSTAR
HF-AUTO RF NETWORK
Technical Manual
Designed and Manufactured in the USA
Copyright 2014 Palstar, Inc.
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Summary of Contents for Palstar HF-AUTO
- Page 1 PALSTAR Palstar products are designed by Hams for Hams carrying on the Palstar tradition for high-quality products designed and HF-AUTO RF NETWORK manufactured in Ohio, USA. Technical Manual HF-AUTO Automatic Antenna Tuner 2 watts to 1800 watts PEP 160 m to 6m ...
- Page 2 N E T W O R K C O N F I G U R AT I O N : H i g h - P a s s n e t w o r k , s h u n t v a r i a b l e The HF-AUTO is a matching system that is a complete stand-alone RF Tuneable Auto T Network tuner.
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Page 3: Setup Mode
ON | OFF LAST POWER DISP: ON | OFF TO SELECT MANUAL ANT #2 C AND L MARS MIN-MAX FOR LICENSED USERS ONLY BYPASS ANT #3 MARS FREQ ADJ *Recommended settings in bold. TO SELECT SETUP SETUP ITEM Page 3 PALSTAR... - Page 4 You can also click the PTT button on your microphone in FM MODE and accomplish the same at the lowest power level TUNING THE HF-AUTO Applying only a short burst of single tone power to the HF-AUTO will CHASSIS GROUND DC INPUT...
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Page 5: Tuning Instructions
A quicker option is to put the tuner in Auto mode and let it nd the match. The HF-AUTO is an automatic tuner for matching a transmitter to a Then put it in Manual mode and use the manual process to improve the SWR nonresonant antenna. - Page 6 C & L settings. Palstar recommends HIGH.
- Page 7 , w h i c h w a s p l a c e d i n t o t h e p u b l i c turned on. d o m a i n . Page 7 PALSTAR...
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Page 8: Inside Components
MARS FREQUENCY 4 Khz to 500 Khz PALSTAR will o er a fully remote version of the base version in the near future. However, in certain cases where there is DC power available at a reasonable distance you can operate this base version in the AUTO MODE. - Page 9 TURN HF-AUTO OFF and then ON again AUTO ANT SWITCH is turned OFF and select AUTO MODE when AUTO ANT SWITCH is turned ON. LOOK at HF-AUTO display to see new REV level at top-right corner when v1.28 not released.
- Page 10 - m a d e c o n d u c t i v e g r e a s e . This grease is available from Palstar at NO CHARGE.
- Page 11 PALSTAR HF-AUTO SCHEMATIC stepper Ant. #1 Ant. #2 Differential stepper Ant. #3 Stepper Network RF Path Motors limit limit Logic / Display/ Buttons limit J1-J4 = SO-239 J5 = DE-9 Female SW1 = SPST recessed switch (open = RUN) Pfwd/Prev J6-J7 = RCA Phono Female Xmtr.
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Page 12: Inside View
INSIDE VIEW Page 12 PALSTAR...
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Questions and answers
Where can I find the instructions to calibrate the C and L settings after putting the tuner into the CALIBRATE mode?
Calibration instructions for the C and L settings on the Palstar HF-AUTO tuner are available only in the factory calibration mode. This mode is not accessible to customers. It is entered by pushing the mode button and then holding the red button and the left arrow button simultaneously. Once in this mode, you can navigate through menus like "calibrate," "C-max," and "L-max" to adjust settings. Calibration is done at frequencies of 1.8 MHz, 14.2 MHz, and 52 MHz.
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I am trying to find out what the readings on the inductor mean. If the L reads 550 turns, is that the minimum inductance, or the maximum?
A reading of 550 turns on the inductor of the Palstar HF-AUTO indicates maximum inductance.
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What carrier should be used when tuning the Palstar Auto Tuner?
The carrier frequency used when tuning the Palstar HF-AUTO tuner should be the same as the operating frequency.
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