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[AMPS] Have Cake & Eat it too

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Subject: [AMPS] Have Cake & Eat it too
From: philk5pc@tyler.net (Phil Clements)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 08:15:28 -0500
What type of coax are you using?



>
>At 06:56 PM 9/9/99 -0700, Vic Rosenthal wrote:
>>
>>Jonathan Kaplan wrote:
>>>
>>> In conclusion, it would seem that all of you are telling me that adjusting
>>> the Amp
>>> is only for proper loading and thus Maximum output, NOT for SWR! Is that
>>> correct?
>>
>>Absolutely!  With a perfect swr meter one would expect the SWR reading to
>remain
>>the same as you increase power from 1 watt to 1 megawatt (at least until the
>>coax starts to melt).
>>
>
>But that's not what's been happening. The SWR rises with the AMP Power, but
>remains
>the same (and well behaved) whenI run barefoot. Go figure!
>
>Jonathan
>
>
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