Thanks for the very detailed and informative review. I've bought one of these (the ATU-130) and I'm quite happy with it. It works quite nicely with my Yaesu FT-891. It tunes very quickly and has a pretty large tuning band. I work almost only portable and I don't miss the internal battery. I need 12V to power my transceiver anyway, so that's another pair of small alligator clips on the larger one that feed the transceiver. Easy and no need to worry for the discharge. Best 73s de F4LDT
Thanks for the review. I've been on the fence about getting one of these to use with my sBitx V2, and now I think it will serve my purposes well. Oh, and tell Marco hi for me!
As far as I know there are no manuals for these Chinese auto-tuners. I believe most of them (including this one) are all clones of the N7DDC design, and there is documentation for that here: github.com/Dfinitski/N7DDC-ATU-100-mini-and-extended-boards
Thanks for the very detailed and informative review. I've bought one of these (the ATU-130) and I'm quite happy with it. It works quite nicely with my Yaesu FT-891. It tunes very quickly and has a pretty large tuning band. I work almost only portable and I don't miss the internal battery. I need 12V to power my transceiver anyway, so that's another pair of small alligator clips on the larger one that feed the transceiver. Easy and no need to worry for the discharge.
Best 73s de F4LDT
Thank you for letting me know, I'm glad it was helpful!
Fantastic review, very clever way to determine if the relays are latching or not.
Thanks!
Obrigado, por compartilhar!!!
Thanks for the review. I've been on the fence about getting one of these to use with my sBitx V2, and now I think it will serve my purposes well. Oh, and tell Marco hi for me!
Awesome, I'm glad it was helpful! If you get one I hope it serves you well. Marco says "mrow".
@@john8520 I ordered it as soon as I finished your video. Should be here 9/25!
Have you ever tried that ATU-130 as a remote tuner, like up at the feed point of a portable doublet dipole?
Hi there, great video, but do you have a link to an instruction manual?
As far as I know there are no manuals for these Chinese auto-tuners. I believe most of them (including this one) are all clones of the N7DDC design, and there is documentation for that here:
github.com/Dfinitski/N7DDC-ATU-100-mini-and-extended-boards
Are the relays used in AT-130 "LATCH" type? If yes, then the power consumption will be less after tuning....
He mentioned that late in the video, and no - the AT-130 does not have latching relays.