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Brian G,
You don’t need a 750 watt capable tuner. As Brad mentioned, the tuner will go between your Stryker and the amplifier. You would then tune the “Antenna Tuner” so that your Stryker “sees” a low SWR. 100 watts should do the trick.
Another option would be to remove the first driver tube in your Pal 750 and drive the “2nd Stage” ( 2-8950’s) directly with the radio. It would require a coil and trimmer capacitor to the “new” 2 tube input stage but would allow a larger drive input. Since you already have the amplifier (and good tubes in it) this would not be a difficult modification or cost near as much as a Texas Star DX500 and a couple of power supplies.

Food for thought.

73
David

[QUOTE="Dmans, post: 766610, member: 49046"] Brian G, You don’t need a 750 watt capable tuner. As Brad mentioned, the tuner will go between your Stryker and the amplifier. You would then tune the “Antenna Tuner” so that your Stryker “sees” a low SWR. 100 watts should do the trick. Another option would be to remove the first driver tube in your Pal 750 and drive the “2nd Stage” ( 2-8950’s) directly with the radio. It would require a coil and trimmer capacitor to the “new” 2 tube input stage but would allow a larger drive input. Since you already have the amplifier (and good tubes in it) this would not be a difficult modification or cost near as much as a Texas Star DX500 and a couple of power supplies. Food for thought. 73 David [/QUOTE]

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