In a message dated 3/10/02 9:33:43 AM Pacific Standard Time,
thompson@mindspring.com writes:
> Back in the late 70's I visited a well known G3 Contest station. He had the
> 100 watt transceiver with a small linear that could do 300 or 400 watts
out.
> They did have nice antennas but I asked how they did so well (against the
> 300 watt I's). He said the secret was the "antenna tuner" which was
mounted
> in a big drawer. The tuner had several 3-500Z's and a 4KV power supply.
Gee - an 'active' antenna tuner. Nothing new there.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
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