Hingga artikel ini ditulis, saya masih belum berkesempatan untuk mencoba tuner baru ini. Karena kesehatan agak terganggu, saya hanya bisa berselancar di internet membaca reviews dan/atau melihat laporan-laporan video di YouTube dari para pemakainya. Thanks to the internet!
Serupa tapi tak sama. Satu hal yang saya amati pada dua video adalah adanya perbedaan pada panel depan unit ini. Gambar di atas jelas menampakkan adanya tombol switch warna merah di bagian bawah antara penala variable kapasitor (saya beri lingkaran kuning).
Bandingkan dengan gambar (bawah) unit tuner tipe sama yang saya beli. Tidak terdapat tombol apapun di antara penyetel kapasitor alias polos saja.
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| Photo above by Jo, YC0LOW |
Perbedaan ini membuat saya agak gusar karena ide pembeliannya adalah: saya ingin gunakan -utamanya- pada gentlemen's band tersebut. Hal ini sudah lebih awal saya tulis kepada Palstar USA.
Saya baru lega ketika Paul Hrivnak, pendiri/pemilik Palstar, dengan cepat membalas pertanyaan saya melalui e-mail (dimuat utuh di bawah Catatan- Jo).
Jadi, unit tuner yang saya miliki ini adalah versi yang teranyar dan bisa digunakan sesuai keinginan saya.
Paul, terimakasih untuk produk dan sekaligus pelayanan purna-jualmu yang oke banget.
- - - -Catatan: perhatikan selisih waktu yang amat singkat (dalam UTC) dalam korespondensi kami.- - - -
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Jo, YC0LOW wrote:
Dear Paul,
Having seen two AT2K video reports on YouTube, I wonder whether my AT2K unit (serial #18780) could be used for !60m operation, or not.
The look in videos is really different to mine. Is my unit a newer model? It has no push button switch (to activate relay to add inductance for 160m) as seen on the vids. But, in the Owner's Manual, page 8, I understood it as "when button #5 is selected ON it will turn on the backlight - on the meter and by doing so it ENABLES the 160m function".
If this is correct, what am I supposed to do if I didn't want to switch the light on, but needed the 160m functions properly?
Please help me to explain these issues, Paul. Thanking you in advance,
73 de Jo, YC0LOW
The look in videos is really different to mine. Is my unit a newer model? It has no push button switch (to activate relay to add inductance for 160m) as seen on the vids. But, in the Owner's Manual, page 8, I understood it as "when button #5 is selected ON it will turn on the backlight - on the meter and by doing so it ENABLES the 160m function".
If this is correct, what am I supposed to do if I didn't want to switch the light on, but needed the 160m functions properly?
Please help me to explain these issues, Paul. Thanking you in advance,
73 de Jo, YC0LOW
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Paul Hrivnak wrote:
Your unit is the latest version. It will tune 160m. The manual is incorrect as we have deleted the relay and the front panel switch
The newest version is the one you have and the roller has been redesigned to include 160m without the use of a relay
R Paul
