Robin, The ATU is noisy but it is normal. It is a very sophisticated circuit designed to match wide ranging loads. AS for the match indicator in the ATU panel-it's simply no reading properly.This is a software glitch, which Eric is looking into. Use the SWR meter indication not the ATU panel indicator. Full power output will occur with any match from 2:1 to 1:1.
With the internal ATU and flexible drive control, you can use just about any amp from old Heathkits, Henry, etc to modern solid state amps. I use a 40 year old homebrew 3-1000. I use the ATU to tune the 15m band switch settings to operate on 17 meters. 73 John P. Basilotto W5GI Chief Operating Officer Marketing and Sales Office 512-535-5266 Fax 512-233-5143 www.flex-radio.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.Haighton Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 6:17 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Noisy ATU I am very impressed with the New 5000A and have made 75 M contacts off shore and heard many European stations on 75 M (around 0200 UTC) however I note that the ATU is very noisy when hunting for a match and frequently requires several tries ( using semi-automatic) before making a 1:1 (or better than 3:1) match What experience do others have? Also I would like to increase my output power to at least 400W PEP what do others recommend for amplifiers with or without built in ATUs. 73 Robin Haighton VE3FRH -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20 071116/10975234/attachment.html _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
