AT-500 Antenna Tuner
9007400
Product Details
The Palstar quality and features that Hams worldwide have come to expect is now available in a compact, low power affordably priced tuner, the AT-500 600 watt antenna tuner.
Covering 160 to 6 Meters with a power rating of up to 600 watts PEP, the AT-500 features a differential tuning capacitor with 2 stators and 1 rotor, a precision ceramic body roller inductor, and a 4:1 ferrite current balun for balanced line feeds.
The AT-500 utilizes only 2 controls to operate for tuning, providing maximum ease of use in a manual tuner. A small-sized roller inductor operates all the way up to 6 m, while a relay-switched add-on inductor allows 160 m operation.
Also included is Pastar's Active Peak and Peak Hold dual cross-needle metering as in the popular PM2000A wattmeter and 11ga. .090" thick chem-film treated aluminum metalwork and durable powder coated finish. The AT-1500 is a tuner that will last a lifetime.
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AT-500 Manual
| Output Power: | 600 Watts PEP SSB; 500 Watts CW |
| HF Bands: | 6m to 160m |
| Tuning: | Two controls |
| Antenna switching: | 6 position mode switch for multiple antennas |
| Capacitor: | differential tuning with 2 stators and 1 rotor; 14pF - 360pF@2.5kV |
| Roller inductor: | 15uH ceramic body |
| Outputs: | balanced and unbalanced lines |
| Impedance: | matching range 20 Ohms to 1500 Ohms |
| Metering: | Active crossneedle Peak/Peak Hold with backlighting |
| Meter power range: | 0-300 Watts/0-1000 Watts |
| Balun: | 4:1 current |
| Chassis: | .090 ga. aluminium gold iridite coated |
| Top cover: | .090 ga. aluminium powder coated |
| Front cover: | .090 ga. aluminium powder coated |
| Dimensions: | 10 3/8" wide x 5 1/2" high x 12 7/8" deep |
| Shipping weight: | 8 lbs |
| Warranty: | One year |