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Palstar BT1500A Owner's Manual

1500 watt balanced antenna tuner
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BT1500A 1500 Watt
Palstar Incorporated
Balanced Antenna Tuner
9676 N. Looney Rd.,
Piqua, OH 45356 USA
Customer Service and Sales Telephone:
Owner's Manual
1-800-773-7931
Fax:
1-937-773-8003
Email:
info@palstar.com
© Copyright 2006-2010 Palstar, Inc.
Printed in the U.S.A.
Rev. 1.10 31 Aug 2010

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  • Page 1 BT1500A 1500 Watt Palstar Incorporated Balanced Antenna Tuner 9676 N. Looney Rd., Piqua, OH 45356 USA Customer Service and Sales Telephone: Owner’s Manual 1-800-773-7931 Fax: 1-937-773-8003 Email: info@palstar.com © Copyright 2006-2010 Palstar, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A. Rev. 1.10 31 Aug 2010...
  • Page 2 Ser vice and Warranty Important Limited Warranty WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR An appliance and cart combination should be moved with care. Quick stops, exces- Palstar Inc. warrants products manufactured by it to be free from defects in ELECTRICAL SHOCK DO NOT sive force and uneven surfaces may cause the appliance and cart combination to EXPOSE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE...

  • Page 3: Important Safeguards

    Specifications Important Safeguards 14. Power Lines—An outside antenna sys- technician to restore the product to its normal Front Panel Indicators and Controls tem should not be located in the vicinity of operation. overhead power lines, other electric light or e. If the product has been dropped or the Metering Dual movement cross needle power and SWR meter power circuits, where it can fall into such...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Understanding Your Tuner The more that you know about your antenna and feedline system, the more effec- Specifications tively you will be able to use your Palstar BT1500A tuner. Service and Warranty 1-800-773-7931 WWW.PALSTAR.COM 1-800-773-7931...

  • Page 5: General Description

    The BT1500A optimizes the per- (transmitter) side (low Z, high formance of your antenna and pass) and the output (antenna)

  • Page 6: Installation

    For most of the HF Amateur bands, the upper impedance limit of the balanced L-network in the Palstar BT1500A tuner is about 2500 +/- j2500 Ohms. This upper limit descends Connect a coax cable from your transmitter to the RF slowly with rising frequency so that at 30 MHz the upper limit is about 400 +/- INPUT connector on the rear panel.
  • Page 7 Rear Panel Description AT1500CV Understanding Your PALSTAR BT15000A Tuner and Your Antenna The PALSTAR BT1500A antenna tuner is a highly flexible matching device intended for use with antennas that use balanced or parallel transmission lines. BALANCED OUTPUT To obtain the best performance from the tuner, you should understand how the Two Nylon high voltage connectors for tuner works and how it relates to your antenna and feedline.

  • Page 8: Front Panel Description

    Front Panel Description AT1500CV Schematic Operating Your BT1500A reading of 50-100 watts on the FORWARD scale. Adjust the TUNE and INDUCTOR controls for a minimum REFLECTED reading while maintaining a FORWARD reading of 50-100 watts using your transmitter power control.

  • Page 9: Before Operating

    Operating Your BT1500A Before Operating function only works if the unit is provided with 1. To avoid possible damage to the BT1500A, set TUNE, IN- 12VDC at the rear power jack. DUCTOR, and POWER RANGE switches as outlined in the chart 5.
  • Page 10 Schematic Diagram Schematic Diagram 1-800-773-7931 WWW.PALSTAR.COM 1-800-773-7931 WWW.PALSTAR.COM...

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