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Old January 11th 06, 10:27 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Bill Turner
 
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Default Dipoles and the rig's RF ground...

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"Owen Duffy" wrote in message
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You are telling us that you have evaluated the loss of a MFJ-989C
antenna tuner + open wire line vs coax by on air A/B tests using the
S-meter as your indicator.


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You can do a pretty good evaluation of a tuner's loss by putting your hand
on the cabinet after running a few minutes. Just imagine a 25, 50 or
whatever watt resistor in there dissipating the same heat.

One needs to calibrate one's hand, of course. :-)

Bill, W6WRT