FT-450 homemade atu for 100k - 1600k

starts off with the aerial patched thru the FC-902. then i bypass it thru my matcher. long winded video i know. just gives an idea of the daytime reception. quite a lot of noise on the band.
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by the way .. theres about 100feet of heavy duty wire on the end of the radio !!! heavens above i hear u say.
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my homebrew ATU. it has 2 main windings on a ferrite rod like in a portable radio to save space. the Q is very sharp and is better than a air core winding. the tuning capacitor is a dual air spaced AM radio gang .. about 2x350pf

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• yaesu
• ft-450
• ham
• radio
• longwave

[Vikramvisions2]

Really excellent video. Great to see that you used a tripod. A Much better look.

What is the silver box between the ft450 and the Sony radio? I give this 5 stars

5/5* * * * *

[808FlyBy]

on reflection the video could be improved a bit i think. the silver box is just our satellite receiver. i may have another go at demonstrating the ATU. if you listen to the lower bands i would recommend a tuner similar this. i prefer a tripod.

[808FlyBy]

the ft-450 is factory set with 20Db attenuation on longwave & MW bands. unable to adjust it.

[Dreamlgider]

Im thinking about getting an FT-450 :)

[blyid1]

Good demo!

[HighFlyer186]

Nice display on the on the 450 :)

[VictoreCelia]

good setup...