This is a great video. Thanks for sharing it. I just got an AT2KD a few days ago. I was worried it would be hard to use / understand but I was pleasantly surprised. It’s easy to use and is working great.
Jay. Thanks Pre. More detail on the LOG (yellow) line on the VNA. Seems useful to see more detail of the VSWR curves that the tuner can achieve and the "Q" of the tuned circuit. I'll check other videos too. Thanks Jay Joe
@@du7jay "Fantastic video. I use the AT2KD and can confirm - it’s very quick to use. I’ve not yet ‘Run out of adjustment" from the Palstar Owners Group on FB, please feel free to join this exclusive club, 73!
If you store the final positions ( on paper) for each band, you can pre-tune, and only need to reference check with a glance. The VNA goes to two decimal places, that's the figure l would be checking at a glance.👍
Very good test Jay! But a bad antenna will still be a bad antenna no matter what tuner is used. Get it resonant or as close as possible is always better. 73
I have the AT2KD using a doublet 135' overall. The tuner will not tune 160M greater than 2:1. All others bands, the inductor is above 250 and actually 300 in some cases. Thanks for the video
Some people might not know what a NanoVNA is. For us that have one and know what it does, we know you have your NVNA connected to your tuner input in lieu of a transceiver. Great video otherwise.
@@du7jay Well, got my AT2K directly from manufacturer, and also got the NanoVna V2. Need some adapters, as the ones on it are N type, none for SO-239 and PL-259, but also on the way here. It seems to me I got to hook up antenna to tuner, then VNA to tuner. Will figure it out. Nice idea. I am working into integrating a permanent display on a tuner, which has been already made, so will try it. Thanks.
Looks like your going the wrong way not sure just saying your reflection is suppose to be going down ? Was talking about the first test maybe I was wrong on that
This is too much stuff, too much technical stuff to have to do. Why not keep it simple? Just use an MFJ Match maker. Here are the steps: 1. Push button 2. Tune until the generated noise disappears 3. Your done. I no longer have my Palstar BT1500 but I will buy another one soon enough. I miss that tuner. And I still have my match maker from MFJ and its stupid simple and fast to tune with
