I also installed an SWR bridge between the tuner and the antenna. I installed the tuner between the antenna and the AL-82 amplifier. I hope someone comes up with a cable for this… It would be nice! I manually tune the LDG, at low power then up the power for QSOs. There is no integration to the Elecraft at all! Or at least none that I have seen so far. I recently sold my 756 PRO III, and purchased an Elecraft K3. I do de-rate the AL-82 output for digital though… I keep my drive below 70 watts, so I have never ran more than 1200 through the tuner… It seems to handle it fine, and I run digital, with very close to 100% duty cycle. The only difference is that my AL-82 feeds the tuner, so I get a standard input to the amplifier. It takes power from the Icom tuner port, and when I press TUNE on thE Icom, the tuner kicks in and does its thing… It is really like the tuner is an extension of the radio. I can only speak to the Icom rigs, because that is all I own… The tuner becomes an extension of the Icom IC-756 PRO III. I press tune on the rig, and the antenna is tuned… If I hit a frequency I did not preset, then after the initial tune, it is instant… The initial tune still takes longer, and makes a lot of noise, but it is a one time thing, so it is not an issue for me. This is where the device shines… Once I did the initial tuning, which consisted of going to every operating frequency I used, and hitting tune, the tune time is almost instant. I will use the port on the tuner, and save my remote port. I have an antenna switch beyond the tuner, but it is a remote one, and putting a dummy load outside is not in teh mix, nor do I want to use one port on my remote switch. This will be nice… I am adding a Dummy Load, and this is where I will put it. Nice addition… It may have been on the original AT-1000, but I never knew it, so it is new to me! After a few months of using the bypass switch it is very handy… This was a nice surprise… I now have more room to hang cables, and grounds. Adding the LDG AT-1000 PRO II Autotuner was not easy… I had to remove the carry handle from the Icom 756 PRO III, in order to regain teh additional space. Note how tight the equipment is in that configuration. This cause me some problems in mounting… If you look at the station photos here, you will see the original AT-1000 sitting just behind the mouse pad. The AT-1000 PRO II Autotuner is just a hair wider than the original AT-1000 autotuner. I may get the external meter, when I can afford it, then review it here… The LED meter is fine, it is much faster than the older meter version used to be, but I want my meter back… Yes, I can buy a larger meter for $130.00, but I liked the smaller meter, and I dislike the $130.00 price for a meter.
I miss the analog meter! While the LED meter is faster, and reads easier, I miss the meters moving… Integrates with my Icom 756 PRO 3 autotune function.The main difference between the PRO II and the stock Autotuner, are as follows:
I had to remove the carry handle from my Icom IC-756 PRO 3 to get it to fit, and it was tight… I do miss the meter, and the thought of paying $130.00 for an external meter makes me take a deep breath and say… It’s OK… I have not bought the meter yet… I hope the meter takes power from the Icom like the tuner does… See the review for more on this… I will add to this review on the meter if I decide to shell out another $130.00… The size of the boxes is very close, with the AT-1000 PRO II being the larger of the two… This caused me a bit of pain as my setup is VERY tight… The PRO II is about 1/4 inch wider… It almost did not fit. The price set me back a bit, ($539.00 at HRO), but, based on my previous experience with LDG’s quality, and customer service I went ahead and purchased the LDG AT-1000 PRO II Autotuner, I have not been unhappy with that decision at all. This review of LDG AT-1000 PRO II Autotuner is a follow up review of the AT-1000 PRO II autotuner… I sold my LDG AT-1000, ( review here), in order to purchase the AT-1000 PRO II Autotuner.
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