On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 21:12:51 -0700, Bill Turner
wrote:

On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 22:12:24 -0500, "H. Adam Stevens, NQ5H"
wrote:

Tuners squander AT BEST 1 or 2 db.

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Nonsense. At 1500 watts, a tuner which "squandered" 1 db would be
dissipating about 300 watts and would soon be a smoking mess.

2 db I don't even want to think about.


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Bill, W6WRT
QSLs via LoTW


Dear Bill,
Your figures and your terminology are 100% correct. Anyone who has an
amplifier capable of delivering 1500 watts of carrier power,
continuously, for any appreciable amount of time would, indeed,
encounter a smoking mess. Fortunately, hams don't usually run that
kind of power, but it does explain why so many tuners found at
hamfests have very obvious damage to the variable inductor coil.


Bob, W9DMK, Dahlgren, VA
http://www.qsl.net/w9dmk