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Palstar HF-AUTO Technical Manual

Palstar HF-AUTO Technical Manual

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Palstar products are designed by
Hams for Hams carrying on the
Palstar tradition for high-quality
products designed and
manufactured in Ohio, USA.
HF-AUTO Automatic
Antenna Tuner
2 watts to 1800 watts PEP
160 m to 6m
Tuning time 10 secs or less
Large 4 line display
12.5" x 6.5" x 16.5"
9676 N. Looney Rd,
Piqua, OH 45356 USA
(937) 773-6255
(800) 773-7931
(937) 773-8003 (Fax)
www.palstar.com
PALSTAR
PALSTAR
HF-AUTO RF NETWORK
Technical Manual
Designed and Manufactured in the USA
Copyright 2014 Palstar, Inc.

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Jim Bullins
January 18, 2025

What carrier should be used when tuning the Palstar Auto Tuner?

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Mr. Anderson
February 4, 2025

The carrier frequency used when tuning the Palstar HF-AUTO tuner should be the same as the operating frequency.

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Chester
April 3, 2025

I am trying to find out what the readings on the inductor mean. If the L reads 550 turns, is that the minimum inductance, or the maximum?

Summary of Contents for Palstar HF-AUTO

  • Page 1 PALSTAR Palstar products are designed by Hams for Hams carrying on the Palstar tradition for high-quality products designed and HF-AUTO RF NETWORK manufactured in Ohio, USA. Technical Manual HF-AUTO Automatic Antenna Tuner 2 watts to 1800 watts PEP  160 m to 6m ...
  • Page 2 N E T W O R K C O N F I G U R AT I O N : H i g h - P a s s n e t w o r k , s h u n t v a r i a b l e The HF-AUTO is a matching system that is a complete stand-alone RF Tuneable Auto T Network tuner.
  • Page 3: Setup Mode

    ON | OFF LAST POWER DISP: ON | OFF TO SELECT MANUAL ANT #2 C AND L MARS MIN-MAX FOR LICENSED USERS ONLY BYPASS ANT #3 MARS FREQ ADJ *Recommended settings in bold. TO SELECT SETUP SETUP ITEM Page 3 PALSTAR...
  • Page 4 You can also click the PTT button on your microphone in FM MODE and accomplish the same at the lowest power level TUNING THE HF-AUTO Applying only a short burst of single tone power to the HF-AUTO will CHASSIS GROUND DC INPUT...
  • Page 5: Tuning Instructions

    A quicker option is to put the tuner in Auto mode and let it nd the match. The HF-AUTO is an automatic tuner for matching a transmitter to a Then put it in Manual mode and use the manual process to improve the SWR nonresonant antenna.
  • Page 6 C & L settings. Palstar recommends HIGH.
  • Page 7 , w h i c h w a s p l a c e d i n t o t h e p u b l i c turned on. d o m a i n . Page 7 PALSTAR...
  • Page 8: Inside Components

    MARS FREQUENCY 4 Khz to 500 Khz PALSTAR will o er a fully remote version of the base version in the near future. However, in certain cases where there is DC power available at a reasonable distance you can operate this base version in the AUTO MODE.
  • Page 9 TURN HF-AUTO OFF and then ON again AUTO ANT SWITCH is turned OFF and select AUTO MODE when AUTO ANT SWITCH is turned ON. LOOK at HF-AUTO display to see new REV level at top-right corner when v1.28 not released.
  • Page 10 - m a d e c o n d u c t i v e g r e a s e . This grease is available from Palstar at NO CHARGE.
  • Page 11 PALSTAR HF-AUTO SCHEMATIC stepper Ant. #1 Ant. #2 Differential stepper Ant. #3 Stepper Network RF Path Motors limit limit Logic / Display/ Buttons limit J1-J4 = SO-239 J5 = DE-9 Female SW1 = SPST recessed switch (open = RUN) Pfwd/Prev J6-J7 = RCA Phono Female Xmtr.
  • Page 12: Inside View

    INSIDE VIEW Page 12 PALSTAR...