Richard:

I just climbed up and pulled the SWR meter off the pole--DUH!!! Those 50
ohm resistors are actually 1500 ohm 2 watt metal oxide.... sorry, as usual,
your post was relevant.... I just couldn't see it till I opened up the
box....
I could have sworn I stuck 50 ohm ones in there--getting old here... but now
I can see it, if they had been 50 ohm, power to the ant would have been
really limited.... and I would have "smoked" that winding and resistors...

Anyway, will try to get sometime to toy with it tomorrow, and paste the
"real" schematic of it on the webpage....

Warmest regards,
John

"Richard Clark" wrote in message
...
| On Wed, 4 May 2005 16:13:10 -0700, "John Smith"
| wrote:
|
| And, that current source works, I have used it many times (makes an
| excellent test lamp for 5-30V)... will with stand at least 30V+ across
drain
| and source and maintain ~10ma... when the REV current to its' led drops
to
| zero, max flows though the FWD--all other cases they must share that
10ma...
|
| Hi Brett,
|
| I've no doubt, but in your circuits - never. Doesn't make sense
| unless you need parts ballast. It's like when the watchmakers
| advertised watches with 60 jewels, and there were only half a dozen
| points that actually used them.
|
| 73's
| Richard Clark, KB7QHC