Rich and Skipp,
Skipp said:
>>The Alpha type circuit provides low swr to the exciter,
Then Rich said:
>Not low emough for transistor-output radios unless a tuner is used.
For whatever it's worth, the highest VSWR I've seen at the
radio is 1.6:1 . I can't tell you what it is at this half-cycle
versus that one, of course, only what the digital metering on
the MK-V reads. With this radio, at least, that's right on the
edge of cut-back.
73,
Jim, N7CXI
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