Antuner At-100m User manual

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August 16, 2022

Advanced Operations Manual

AT-100M Shortwave Automatic Antenna Tuner

(system version v1.22.8c )

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2. Quick Start................................................ ................................................... ................................... 12

3.1 Enter the advanced configuration menu................................... ................................................... .......... twenty four

Table of contents................................................. ................................................... ............................................... 2

2.1 How to connect the antenna tuner to the radio station and antenna feeder................................... ................................................ 12

3.2 Quick menu list................................................... ................................................... .......... 25

2.2 Precautions for the first use of the tuner................................................... ................................................... ....13

To our dearest users................................... ................................................... ................................ 6

3.3 Buzzer................................................... ................................................... ................................................ 26

User Agreement................................................ ................................................... ...................................................7

2.3 Start tuning preparation (important) ................................................ ................................................... ....14

1. Product Introduction................................................ ................................................... ................................... 8

2.4 Auto/Manual Tuning................................................ ................................................... .......... 15

1.1 Appearance introduction................................................ ................................................... .......................... 8

2.4 Switch between normal mode and user storage mode................................... ................................................................ 18

1.2 Product performance...................................... ................................................... .......................... 9

2.5 Introduction to the function interface of normal mode................................... ................................................... ... 18

1.3 Factory accessories...................................... ................................................... ................................... 10

2.6 User storage mode function interface introduction................................... ................................................ 20

1.4 Precautions (Important) ................................................... ................................................... .......... 11

3. Advanced operation................................... ................................................... ................................. twenty four

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Table of contents

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3.3.1 Buzzer switch ( BEEP ON ) ............................................ ................................................... 26

3.5.6 Relay Combination Step (TUNE STEP) .................................. ................................................ 27

3.8.1 Relay function test ( TEST RELAY ) ................................... ................................... 30

3.4 User storage mode................................................... ................................................... .......... 26

3.5.7 Minimum starting power voltage value ( TUNE MIN ADC ) .................................. ................................... 28

3.8.2 Power Sampling Function Test ( TEST ADC ) .................................. ................................... 30

3.4.1 Number of results in user storage mode ( USER COUNT ) ............................................ ................................ 26

3.6 Radio type, power, standing wave calibration................................... ................................................ 28

3.9 Restoring factory settings (RESET) ................................................ ................................................... 31

3.5 Auto-tuning................................................... ................................................... ................................... 26

3.6.1 Set radio power ( FIX RADIO ) ............................................ ................................................ 28

4. Frequently Asked Questions................................... ................................................... ................................... 32

3.5.1 Auto-tuning state (TUNE AUTO) ............................................ ................................................ 26

3.6.2 Calibrate the adjustable power value (FIX PWR) ...................... ................................................ 28

3.5.2 Automatic storage quantity ( TUNE COUNT ) ................................... ................................... 26

3.6.3 Calibrate the standing wave value (FIX SWR) ................................... ................................................ 29

3.5.3 Start to automatically tune the standing wave (TUNE AUTOSWR) ................................... ................................... 27

3.7 Signal Switching................................................... ................................................... ................................... 29

3.5.4 Stop auto-tuning standing wave (TUNE STOPSWR) ............................................ ................................... 27

3.7.1 Signal relay switching switch (SWITCH ON) ............................................ ................................................ 29

3.5.5 Relay delay time (TUNE DELAY) ................................... ................................... 27

3.8 Function test................................................... ................................................... ................................... 30

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4.1 I am a QRP radio station, what parameters do I need to configure? ................................................... .......... 32

4.9 Can the tuner tune the standing wave greater than 9.99? ................................................... ................... 34

v1.22.5h (May 29, 2022) ............................................ ................................................... 36

5. Upgrade log ................................................ ................................................... ................................... 35

4.2 I want to modify the minimum starting power, how to modify? ................................................... ................................ 32

v1.22.5g (May 19, 2022) ............................................ ................................................ 36

4.4 I want to increase or decrease the speed of the auto-tuning relay, how to modify it? ................................................ 32

v1.22.8c (August 15, 2022) ............................................ ................................................... 35

v1.22.5f (May 10, 2022) ............................................ ................................................... .36

4.3 How to set to automatically select the lowest standing wave among the results stored by the user? ................................................ 32

v1.22.8a (August 3, 2022) ............................................ ................................................... .. 35

v1.22.5e (April 30, 2020, major upgrade) .......................... ................................... 36

4.4 Why are the values displayed by the power meter, standing wave meter and the tuner inconsistent? ................................................ 32

v1.22.7c (July 26, 2022) ............................................ ................................................... 35

v1.22.5ad (April 23, 2022) ............................................ ................................................ 36

4.5 Why does the screen always display "WAIT" or "TUNE" when tuning but not to tune? .......... 33

v1.22.7b (July 23, 2022) ............................................ ...................................................

4.6 Why does the relay always operate and pause during the tuning process? ................................................ 33

4.7 Why is the standing wave very low during low power tuning, but rises after normal transmission? ................................................ 34

v1.22.7a (July 17, 2022, major update) .......................... ................................... 35

4.8 Why does the Tune automatically shut down, restart repeatedly, and the screen suddenly go black? ................................................ 34

v1.22.6a (June 7, 2022) ............................................ ................................................... .. 36

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Read this manual to ensure your normal use of the tuner and avoid unusability due to misoperation. what you are reading

Adjust product manual for Antuner series.

Dear Customer: Hello:

layer development. This operation manual applies to the instructions for use of Antuner series tuners. Please read carefully before operating the tuner.

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First of all, thank you for your support to me. I am committed to the research of radio peripheral products and equipment, from the bottom of the software and hardware of the product

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To my dearest users

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Please strictly abide by the national and local laws and regulations related to radio, and any illegal use is prohibited. Users will purchase

The functionality described in is subject to change and may be modified without notice. I reserve all rights of interpretation.

Responsible for all actions and use of products. Please read this manual carefully before using the product. If you have any questions, please contact us.

When you continue to read this manual, this agreement will come into effect automatically.

Please contact us, we will give you a satisfactory answer as soon as possible. Due to product upgrades and changes, there may be

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User Agreement

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1. Product introduction

Directly above

Forward

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1.1 Appearance introduction

The front panel mainly includes power switch, screen and buttons.

The appearance size of the product is: length 13.9cm (including antenna interface), width 7.4cm, thickness 2.9cm

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Product weight: 370g

Supported stations: Kenbu, ICOM, Yaesu, Xiegu, USDX

Working current: USB 5V/Max 3W

Charging current: USB 5V 1A (supports over-discharge and over-charge protection)

, QRP and any other station

Support antenna: dipole, GP, long line, end-fed, Yagi and vehicle short-wave antenna, etc.

Battery capacity: 3300mAh

Frequency range: 1.8MHz-30MHz

Shutdown current: about 15ÿA

Support mode: 1-18MHz or SSB/CW

Standby time: about 13mA, about 150~200 hours of standby (without any tuning action)

0.1W-100W

Tuning state: start 1~3 relays consume current 130~330mA, about 10~25 hours standby time

18-30MHz or FM/AM/FT8 0.1W-50W

Charging time: about 4 hours, the LED indicator is red when charging, and green when fully charged

Appearance size: 13.9cm x 7.4cm x 2.9cm

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1.2 Product performance

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1.3 Factory accessories

2) USB charging cable x1

3) Hex L-type wrench x1

1) Tiantune host x1

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Factory Parts List

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1 ) Please use FM mode, low power (0.1w-10w) for antenna tuning, and then adjust to normal after tuning

Make contact after checking.

within the holding range.

4 ) During the communication process, please observe the standing wave and power displayed by the radio station at any time, and stop transmitting in time if any abnormal situation occurs.

2 ) Before operation, please confirm whether the operating frequency is within the range of 1.8-30MHz, and the output power of the radio station is adjusted on this day

The device or radio station shall prevail, and refer to Section 3.6 to recalibrate the device.

Power, too high power tuning will cause damage to the radio or tuner.

3 ) If the power and standing wave values displayed by the professional standing wave power meter or the radio station are inconsistent with the values displayed by the tuner, please use a professional

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1.4 Precautions (important)

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2. Quick start

Radio - Antenna - Antenna feeder connection

Please use an M male jumper to connect the radio and the tuner

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2.1 How to connect the tuner to the radio station and antenna feeder

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To have a good power accurate and functional experience, please adjust it according to the maximum output power of your radio station, please refer to the advanced

wave value.

Operate Chapter 3.6 to adjust ÿFIX RADIOÿto modify the radio type.

1) Antenna feeder system

If the power and standing wave values displayed by the radio station are inconsistent with the values displayed by the tuner, please take the radio station as the standard.

When using this antenna adjustment product, please check the antenna feed system to ensure that the antenna feed system has a good grounding.

The setting of this radio type will not affect or damage the components of the tuner, but only affect the power detection algorithm and the correlation within the tuner system.

According to customer feedback, a good antenna feeder grounding can greatly improve the tuning ability of this product, and can provide you with a pleasant communication experience.

Function interface maximum value.

2) Power supply instructions

4) Adjustment calibration

This product supports USB, built-in lithium battery power supply, under normal circumstances please use the built-in lithium battery or USB power supply up to

When this product leaves the factory, the power and standing wave value algorithm curve of the tuner has been calibrated, and the 100W mode uses FT891

to a stable voltage requirement.

Radio calibration, 10W mode uses ICOM705 calibration.

3) Set the radio type

After changing the use environment, antenna feeder, and radio station, there may be differences between the actual output power and the power and standing wave value displayed by the antenna.

The default factory configuration radio type of this product is 100W mode, and the optional parameter is 100w or 10w. to bring you

Deviation, please refer to chapter 3.6 of advanced operation to adjust [ FIX PWR ] and [ FIX SWR ] values to calibrate the power, dwell

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2.2 Precautions when using the tuner for the first time

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2.3 Start tuning preparation (important)

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5) Default mode

1) Launch mode

Although some DIY or QRP radio stations set power greater than 0.1W, the actual output is affected by the performance of the radio's own power amplifier tube

The factory mode of this product is ÿNormal Modeÿ, which is suitable for most users to operate.

Please change the signal mode of the radio station to FM mode, which can ensure that the radio station transmits signals continuously instead of intermittently

It may be lower than 0.1W, which will cause the antenna tuner to fail to detect the signal output. At this time, you can increase the transmission power or adjust the tuner to the lowest

function of this book.

Transmit, the continuously transmitted signal helps the tuner to detect standing waves and automatically control the relay tuning.

For the sampling value of the starting power and voltage, refer to Chapter 3.5.7 of Advanced Operation to modify the value of [TUNE MIN ADC] parameter.

After learning, using, and fully understanding this mode for a period of time, users can try to enable [User Storage Mode] or

If there is no FM mode, try using AM/CW mode in order.

If you use SSB mode, you need to keep talking to the microphone without interrupting the calling, or use your mobile phone to play

Higher-level advanced parameter adjustment, in order to fully customize the various functions of the antenna, to achieve the performance suitable for your own radio station and antenna feeder

parameter.

Recording, just keep the signal output, if the call stops in SSB mode, the tuner will not be able to detect the signal, and the standing wave will not be able to

For details, refer to the [Advanced Operation] chapter.

to tune.

2) Transmission power

In order to protect your radio from being damaged, please make sure the following two parameters are adjusted before using the tuner.

Please adjust the radio power to the lowest value and ÿ 0.1W or ÿ 10W to ensure that the radio will not be damaged by high standing waves.

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2.4 Auto/Manual Tuning

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Standard tuning operation, basically in seconds. If you want to modify the relevant parameters, refer to Chapter 3.5 for modification.

And some antenna feeder systems are not well grounded, which may cause the antenna tuner to fail to detect even if the output power of the radio station is increased.

e) When entering the automatic tuning state, it will start tuning when it detects that the transmission power voltage is greater than [ TUNE MIN ADC ],

To the radio output signal, at this time, the antenna feeder system should be adjusted to be well grounded.

During the process of automatic tuning, the program will perform automatic tuning in the following order:

All combinations of relays will be controlled sequentially, and matching capacitance and inductance relays will be performed at [ TUNE SETP ] span intervals

a) If the number of user stored results [USER COUNT] is greater than 1, then find the standing wave value from the user stored bit

device, each time a group of relays is controlled, it waits [TUNE DELAY] milliseconds to detect the current standing wave to ensure

Please read chapter 2.3 completely before proceeding with this chapter, otherwise your radio may be damaged or not effective

Lowest relay combination.

tuning.

If ÿUSER COUNTÿis equal to 0, skip this step.

1) Auto tuning mode

b) Cycle through the automatic storage results [TUNE COUNT] in order to find the relay combination with the lowest standing wave value.

The factory default parameter of this day’s tuning is that when a standing wave ÿ 1.80 is detected, the tuning operation will be started automatically.

c) If a certain relay combination is found to be lower than [ TUNE AUTOSWR ] through steps a and b above, stop tuning

When a standing wave < 1.10 is detected in , the tuning will stop.

harmonious.

The factory defaults to automatically store 10 sets of results this day, and does not enable user storage of results. Basically meet the needs of ordinary users

d) If the relay combination with the lowest standing wave value cannot be found through the above steps, it will automatically enter the tuning state.

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For the modification of starting the tuning standing wave 1.80 and stopping tuning the standing wave 1.10, please refer to the modification and adjustment in chapter 3.5 of advanced operation

, it will automatically enter the tuning state, and the screen will display "WAIT" as shown in the figure below, waiting for the radio to transmit.

The user can determine whether there is a white scale between 1.0-2.0 of the standing wave bar (as shown in the yellow area in the figure above).

Note: Please make sure that the radio is in FM mode, low power and good antenna feed system when tuning. For details, refer to

good combination.

At this time, if the user keeps the radio transmitting state, you can observe the current standing wave value and power value, when the standing wave value ÿ 1.80

The proof is completely absorbed. Until the current standing wave ÿ [ TUNE STOPSWR ] is detected, it is considered that the most

When standing wave < 1.10, stop tuning and the screen will display the lowest tuning value "1.00"

The yellow mark is the peak power, which is the maximum power value after continuous acquisition [ FIX AVG ] times.

When the signal continues to be transmitted, the screen will display "TUNE" and the relay is being tuned, and the day tuner will automatically tune to the cutoff set by the system

[ TUNE AUTOSWR ] and [ TUNE STOPSWR ] parameters.

The automatic tuning function is turned on, and the standing wave value position is adjusted.

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The white line marked in yellow is the starting wave standing wave value

The white line marked in yellow is the peak power

Standing wave value of waiting signal, tuning, tuning result

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If the transmission is terminated during the radio transmission, the screen will display " FAIL"

Long press the [button] and the screen will display "RESET" to give up tuning

When the auto-tuning mode is not turned on, there is no white scale for 1.0-2.0

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2) Manual tuning mode

If you have finished tuning and want to give up this tuning result, you can long press the [button] to give up tuning, and the screen will display "RESET"

noodle.

If the standing wave and power deviation are detected, please refer to Chapter 3.6 of Advanced Operation to calibrate.

mode, the screen will display "WAIT" waiting for tuning, "TUNE" detecting that the signal is being tuned, and the standing wave value boundary after tuning

If you need to give up tuning during tuning, please stop the radio transmission directly, and the screen will display "FAIL".

2.3 Section.

If the automatic tuning is not enabled or the standing wave is < 1.80, you want to realize the tuning operation, you can long press the [button] to enter the tuning

That's it.

3) Abandon tuning

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2.4 Normal mode and user storage mode switch

2.5 Introduction to Functional Interface of Normal Mode

There is a white scale when the [Auto-tuning] mode is turned on

There is no white scale when the [Auto-tuning] mode is not turned on

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Exam advanced operation 3.4 chapter.

Rate, standing wave, line graph, relay status and other interfaces.

When the [Auto Tuning] mode is not turned on, the standing wave bar does not display a white scale.

The switch between normal mode and user storage mode is set by [USER COUNT] under the advanced menu. For details, refer to

1.0-9.9 ), FWD is forward power (range 0-200 ).

In normal mode, 10 groups of tuning results are turned on by default, and a maximum of 20 groups can be set. This mode directly displays the tuning results after power on.

This function interface mainly displays the power value and standing wave value graphically and in bar form, among which SWR is the standing wave value (range

Adjustment in Chapter 3.5 for level operations.

1) Bar interface (standing wave value, forward power value)

When the [Auto Tuning] mode is turned on, the standing wave bar displays the white scale position to automatically tune the standing wave value.

[USER COUNT] setting > "1" is to open the user storage mode, and "0" is not to open.

The user can short press the button to switch the interface.

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When the radio power is lower than 10W and the standing wave exceeds 3, the display interface

Standing wave change trend

Various values in the emission state

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trend.

2) Large font interface (forward power, reverse power, standing wave value)

When switching to this time, if the standing wave is lower than 3.0, 3.0 will be the maximum value, and if it exceeds 3.0, 9.99 will be displayed as the maximum value.

When the standing wave value < 3, the maximum value displays 3.00; when the standing wave value > 3, the maximum value displays 10

3) Standing wave line graph interface

"1.70" in the upper right corner of the screen is the standing wave value monitored in real time.

range 0.0-999), REF is the reverse power (0.0-999), SWR (1.00-9.99) is the current standing wave value.

display 100W; when > 100W, the maximum display is 200W

The interface of this function is displayed in large font, suitable for friends who are older and have poor eyesight, where FWD is forward power (range

This function interface mainly displays the standing wave change trend in real time in the form of a broken line graph, and the detectable standing wave range is 0-9.99

When the forward power < 10W, the maximum value displays 10W; when 10Wÿ forward power < 100W, the maximum value displays

You can use this interface to continuously adjust the frequency with the radio station to realize the "antenna analyzer" function and understand the standing wave of the antenna feeder

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4) Forward power line graph interface

This function interface mainly displays the switching status of all relays, SWR is the standing wave value (range 0.0-9.9), L is the voltage

This function interface mainly displays the change trend of positive power in real time in the form of a line graph, and the realistic range is 0-10W

Inductance value (unit: ÿH ), C is capacitance value (unit: pF).

or 0-100W

Through this interface, you can know the capacitance value and inductance value after tuning, and at the same time, you can graphically observe the continuation of the operation.

Location and quantity of appliances.

If the actual transmission power or the power detected by the standing wave meter deviates from the power detected by the tuner, you can press the advanced operation

"3.99v" in the center of the bottom of the screen is the current battery voltage, and "88%" is the current remaining power.

3.6 chapter [FIX PWR] to calibrate. You can also modifyÿFIX RADIOÿAdjust the radio power type and modify here

The user storage mode is a mode with multiple stored tuning results, and in this mode, the storage result selection interface is displayed by default after power on.

maximum value.

5) Relay status interface