sorry about the lack of signature
Dave NF8R
NF8R@DELPHI.COM
>From eric%modular.UUCP@cs.arizona.edu (Eric Gustafson) Fri Jul 15 17:04:34
>1994
From: eric%modular.UUCP@cs.arizona.edu (Eric Gustafson) (Eric Gustafson)
Subject: Indoor antennas
Message-ID: <9407151604.AA12205@modular>
Dave,
Don't worry a bit about arcing when operating the loop slightly off
resonance. The maximum voltage you can develop is when the loop is exactly
at resonance. The circulating currents (mostly in the tuner and feedline)
go up a bit but not to worry... at 150W not enough to harm anything. With
a manual tuner I have gone as far as 5:1 SWR away from resonance with no
noticeable degradation in either received or transmitted signal strength
(also no fires).
73, Eric N7CL
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