Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
My equipment is not ungrounded. It is safety grounded via the ground on the AC power cords. The copper pipe ground referred to I would not characterize as a station ground and depending on lengths
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Norm - KC1BMD
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
Every situation is different.? Personally, I would never run my equipment ungrounded, but that is just me.
I wondered how his system was grounded, because it actually sounded like he was getting RF
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davenlr@...
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
Which firmware version do you have? I use mine on digital all bands with no problems I have 1.07E
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Steve Shep
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
In my current shack I don't have a ground buss or station ground. Feed lines from my wire antennas come into the shack directly to the HF-Auto. If this indeed can cause an issue, I'll have to rework
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Norm - KC1BMD
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
I bought the HF Auto after the LA!K and the improvement from an LDG1000 was stellar. O operating with a non resonant en fed antenna and the HF Auto is operating always with a SWR around 1.1 - The LA1K
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Eric KI1C
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
KD2PNR are the HF-AUTO and AMP and RADIO all connected with separate grounds to a ground buss, or are they daisy chained?? If the latter, that might be your issue.
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davenlr@...
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
Well, I agree they are both very good units, however I am still unable to run any digital mode on 80m without it going into BYPASS and shutting off. It my be likely that it is an antenna or coax
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Al - KD2PNR
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
*Kent:* Thanks for the info. I might have been confused with older posts I had read. As I said in my latest post, I'm probably going to go with the Palstar LA-1K. I like that it's made in the US too
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Norm - KC1BMD
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
I have the LA-1k and HF-Auto. Works perfect never goes into bypass
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Steve Shep
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
Norm . . .
I don't understand why you are reluctant to purchase an LA-1K when you already have an HF-AUTO.
None of my antennas are resonant and with the HF-AUTO I can operate anywhere in the HF
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Kent Trimble, K9ZTV
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
Thanks for all the replies and info. I think I might go for the Palstar. Now just have to sell some more stuff to fund it :)
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73, Norm/KC1BMD
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Norm - KC1BMD
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
I purchased my LA-1K and HF-AUTO at the same time and have been very happy
with them. They interface seamlessly using just the coax RF connection.
When changing bands, I usually (manually) put the
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Fred, W9KEY
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
I run my LA1K up to 3:1 SWR with the HF-AUTO in bypass with no issues.? I have never had it kick out into bypass when using the HF-AUTO.? Most of those that have, discovered either a microsecond arc
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davenlr@...
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
I guess if I had perfect antennas with SWR below 1.5:1 on all bands I operate (or better), and across the whole band I want to operate, it would be a no-brainer for me to get the LA-1K. However, my
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Norm - KC1BMD
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
Norm . . .
I hope Paul will correct me if I am wrong, but so far as I can tell the only thing that makes the LA-1K "the perfect match" because of "custom-designing" to the HF-AUTO is that they share
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Kent Trimble, K9ZTV
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
Just wanted to update my previous comments regarding my LA1K as i said i
would when contest season starts up. I figure maybe this would be the right
time, but maybe not the right place. But i have
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Barry
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
Not only that, they are size and color matched... LOL,Dennis
On 11/10/2020 at 5:01 PM, davenlr@... wrote:Well, when you
key up your radio to get the HF-AUTO to tune, the LA1K sees the SWR
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Dennis
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Re: Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
Well,? when you key up your radio to get the HF-AUTO to tune, the LA1K sees the SWR is not stable, and goes into SWR lockout.? Then once the HF-AUTO finds an SWR match, the next keyup of the rig
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davenlr@...
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Is the LA-1K the best amplifier to pair with the HF-Auto?
I have the HF-Auto and am looking to get an amplifier. Naturally the first one I am considering is the LA-1K. Palstar's web site says: " *Palstar custom-designed the LA-1K to work as the perfect match
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Norm - KC1BMD
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Re: SWR High SSB ONLY - When Using LA-1K Amp
Ross, W8TZ
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w8tz57
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