I happen to have one of these At 230 tuners, l run my Kenwood TS 2000x through it, as you say, must be at least 40 years old, but wonderful to operate, and l love the way you manually tune it, ah me, those were the days, de G1EGZ.
Agreed! I remember back in the 90’s I was on a rig with a Skanti marine transceiver with auto tune…. Made me sad 😞!!! The hands on operation makes it more fun and the tuner is trouble free. 73 and TU fer the comment. 😊
Great news that the shipment arrived safely, thank you for your purchase and looking forward to your future videos and exciting developments. Cheers Brenton vk3cm Tangambalanga North East Victoria
ive got the matching clock hc10 in my shack old kenwood gear i love but sadly just the clock. them atu are really nice but my trio 430 s had the matching auto atu great video
Thanks for the kind comment. Kenwood made.great gear back in the day. I have since changed and neutralised the tubes in the TS520 and it is working a treat 73 de George VK2AOE
There was a time I dreamed of owning the same exact tuner Sadly I never found one I think the knwd there is a higher quality than many Luckly I run up on a ancient johnson matchbox I caused me to rethink all I thought I knew about everything :) I think the fella who first put a coax connection on a HF rig opened the biggest can of worms in radio history :) I really mean that :)
Yes the Kenwood is a good build but the Johnson is rugged on another order of magnitude!!! Ham radio has so much scope for exploration and fun! Tu fer the comment 73 de VK2AOE
Just come across you video, I’ve just bought one of these for exactly the same reason you bought yours, not received mine yet, but it’s in the post. There to much of this hobby going computerised and one day we won’t be in control of our switch. Thanks for the video
Yes love mine. I use the dummy load option and also love the antenna options. As my station is largely QRP…. The extra antenna O/P will allow me to down the track, have my QRO TS520 seperate from my QRP antenna switcher. Also thoroughly agree with the elegance of simplicity a manual tuner offers. Enjoy the new toy when it arrives 73 de VK2AOE
George G,day mate, I don't know if your looked this site. All about TS520 Kenwood on repairs , Your HV switch should show about 800 Volts so this blokes says. Have look at ; Kenwood TS520 Part 1 of 4 Introduction and Initial Assessment Cheers mate de Dennis vk4oc. Enjoy your videos.
Since I changed the finals the TS520 has been awesome. No more snap crackle pop. Thanks for the heads up on that resource....can never have enough info. I was on it last night did a quick CW chat. Glad the videos are enjoyed....I enjoy making them 73 de VK2AOE George ua-cam.com/video/IFM_r3PcHvg/v-deo.html
I happen to have one of these At 230 tuners, l run my Kenwood TS 2000x through it, as you say, must be at least 40 years old, but wonderful to operate, and l love the way you manually tune it, ah me, those were the days, de G1EGZ.
Agreed! I remember back in the 90’s I was on a rig with a Skanti marine transceiver with auto tune…. Made me sad 😞!!! The hands on operation makes it more fun and the tuner is trouble free. 73 and TU fer the comment. 😊
Great news that the shipment arrived safely, thank you for your purchase and looking forward to your future videos and exciting developments. Cheers Brenton vk3cm Tangambalanga North East Victoria
Thanks Brenton.... I will need that number for H.G.A.A (Ham Gear Addicts Anonymous) soon!
ive got the matching clock hc10 in my shack old kenwood gear i love but sadly just the clock. them atu are really nice but my trio 430 s had the matching auto atu great video
Thanks for the kind comment. Kenwood made.great gear back in the day. I have since changed and neutralised the tubes in the TS520 and it is working a treat 73 de George VK2AOE
There was a time I dreamed of owning the same exact tuner
Sadly I never found one
I think the knwd there is a higher quality than many
Luckly I run up on a ancient johnson matchbox
I caused me to rethink all I thought I knew about everything :)
I think the fella who first put a coax connection on a HF rig opened the biggest can of worms in radio history :)
I really mean that :)
Yes the Kenwood is a good build but the Johnson is rugged on another order of magnitude!!! Ham radio has so much scope for exploration and fun! Tu fer the comment 73 de VK2AOE
The AT-180 from the TS-180 line is the same tuner. Both of these tuners beat any MFJ tuner of the same wattage.
100 % agree! Been a great unit. 73 and thanks for dropping by de VK2AOE
Just come across you video, I’ve just bought one of these for exactly the same reason you bought yours, not received mine yet, but it’s in the post. There to much of this hobby going computerised and one day we won’t be in control of our switch. Thanks for the video
Yes love mine. I use the dummy load option and also love the antenna options. As my station is largely QRP…. The extra antenna O/P will allow me to down the track, have my QRO TS520 seperate from my QRP antenna switcher. Also thoroughly agree with the elegance of simplicity a manual tuner offers. Enjoy the new toy when it arrives 73 de VK2AOE
George G,day mate, I don't know if your looked this site. All about TS520 Kenwood on repairs , Your HV switch should show about 800 Volts so this blokes says.
Have look at ; Kenwood TS520 Part 1 of 4 Introduction and Initial Assessment
Cheers mate de Dennis vk4oc. Enjoy your videos.
Since I changed the finals the TS520 has been awesome. No more snap crackle pop. Thanks for the heads up on that resource....can never have enough info. I was on it last night did a quick CW chat. Glad the videos are enjoyed....I enjoy making them 73 de VK2AOE George
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