At 11:22 PM 2/4/2005, you wrote: I have two ex-PLA surplus 1kW+ solid-state amps still in storage waiting for a reason to do something with them... the timing of Dan's post is handy as I'm beginning
a frequency and the load never changes (like in a broadcast or commercial application) but for us hams (and particularly contesters) the load sensitivity is a pain. << One remedy is to try to have an
Dave, I am very aware of your amp loading problem. But equal SWR does not mean equal load impedance. I put an XMatch antenna tuner on each antenna and then the problem is solved for a wide frequency
Paul, I understand that equal SWR does not mean equal load impedance. However, as the SWR approaches unity the number of different combinations of R & X diminishes. In both examples I quoted, the "eq
1.2:1. the bandwidth. High Q doesn't necessarily mean lower loss, Dave. I think you may be confusing loaded and unloaded Q. Unloaded Q is the instrinsic quality of the component. You want this to be