denton wrote:
Too bad no one is making the old link coupled transmatches anymore...I have
a Johnson Matchbox..the 250 watt version...that I use for a basis of
efficiency testing.
Nothing I have ever homebrewed or anything commercialy available nowadays I
have tried can really match the balance or efficiency ability of the old
Matchbox, as far as matching to either one of my delta loops fed with 450
ohm ladder line.
I also have a Johnson (well OK, a Nye Viking *identical* clone) 250 watt
matchbox with SWR bridge. As these were fairly beefy and built in the AM
days, does anyone know what power it can take on SSB, RTTY and CW or is
250 w really it?
Thanks,
73/Carter/K8VT
P.S.
It followed me home from a (non-ham) flea market. A CB'er was selling it
and the CB rig together for $15. I asked him if he would take $10 for
the tuner and he could keep the rig. We both walked away happy! <g>
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