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SET-UP MODE
AUTO ANT SWITCH: On/O
Turns ON or OFF the automatic selection of the antenna port as dened by
the frequency of settings in the ANT menu.
NOTE: Pressing the grey ANTENNA BUTTON FOR 2 SECONDS or more will
toggle the Auto Ant Switch OFF or ON, switch to Bypass and select antenna
port #3. With the Auto Ant Switch OFF, the tuner will stay connected to port
#3 regardless of the frequency. Handy if a dummy load is attached to port #3.
Pressing the button again for 2 or more seconds will toggle the Auto Antenna
Switch, put the tuner back in Auto mode and selects Antenna port #1.
BAND SELECTION: 160M/80M/40M/30M/20M/17M/15M/12M/10M/6M
This menu item is used to dene the amateur band for each antenna port.
RETUNE DELAY: 1/2/3 seconds
Once the tuner has set the C and L from memorized settings for the applied
RF frequency, the delay determines the period before checking the SWR again
after high power is applied to see if retuning is needed.
Whether or not the new settings will be memorized depends upon whether
Auto Store is ON or OFF.
POWER UP ANT: 1/2/3
This determines which antenna port will be connected when the tuner is
turned on.
l Has no default - should be checked after updating the unit’s
software.
With FW Rel 1.25 a tuning error for L was xed and the AMP menu
items were deleted disabling the RCA amplier phono jacks.
Later production units do not have the two RCA phono jacks.
LAST SWR DISP: ON/OFF
If ON the last SWR value is left on the display screen.
LAST POWER DISP: ON/OFF
If ON th last Peak Power value is left on the display screen.
Acknowledgements: Thanks to Bob Lanning W6OPO, HF-AUTO
owner, for the detailed instructions he created based on using
the tuner and discussing with Paul Hrivnak CEO of Palstar about
how to setup and use the tuner. These detailed notes are based
on his summary of instructions, which was placed into the public
domain.
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