Palstar HF-AUTO RF NETWORK 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
l 2 watts to 1800 watts PEP
l 160 m to 6m
l Tuning time 10 secs or less
l Large 4 line display
l 12.5” x 6.5” x 16.5”
9676 N. Looney Rd,
Piqua, OH 45356 USA
(937) 773-
l NE T WORK CONFIGUR ATION: H igh-Pass net wor k , shunt var iable
16 μH induc tor, ser ies fxed 10 μH induc tor
l DIFFERENTIAL C APACITOR: 470 pF - 10 pF - 470 pF;
Voltage rating 5.5 kV
l L AND C:
Stepper motor- controlled
l FREQUENC Y R ANGE: 1.8 MHZ to 54 MHZ
l MATCHING R ANGE: 8:1
l POWER R ANGE:
1800 watts PEP/C W 1.8-29.9 MHZ;
800 watts PEP 50-54 MH
IF THERE IS MAINTENANCE REQUIRED IT WILL MOST
LIKELY BE REL ATED TO MECHANIC AL ISSUES:
l R OLLER SHAFT: the wheel r ides should be lubr icated
with our fac tor y-made conduc tive grease.
This grease is available from Palstar at NO CHARGE.
l DIOXIT-D5 spray is always ver y useful for cleaning the
wire on the roller coil. D o not use the spray direc tly. Put
ON INITIAL POWER-UP
Display will indicate rev level of sof t ware and Palstar
copyr ight infor mation.
SCREEN DISPLAY ON POWER-UP
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HOW-TO UPDATE SOFTWARE
PRESS
TO SELECT
C AND L
TO SELECT
SETUP ITEM
DOWNLOADING HF-AUTO FIRMWARE
l CREATE a folder on your computer’s hard drive (but not desktop)
l NAME the folder HF_AUTOUPGRADE
l DOWNLOAD the Fi
HF-AUTO Firmware Summary
v1.18:
- new default position settings made for the positioning of the C and L with
a given frequency range;
- added menu option to clear out the memory ofset positions for the C and L
with a given frequency range;
- removed limits on the C and L ofset position values;
- added menu selection of the Amp-Key r
