Well, you're objecting rather strongly to an assertion that I never made.
In theory if you want to get the maximum available power out of a generator
you _do_ match it's output impedance. In practice if you do this with most
RF final amplifiers you will reduce your final element (whether transistor
or tube) to slag -- that's why modern commercial radios have SWR protection
circuitry.

Please see my reply to your post starting with "Hi Leon" for a full
explanation, and please actually read it before replying. Remember also
that everything I say (including the attempt to match output impedances with
the wall socket -- I was only 8 but that's no excuse) has been backed up by
experament.

"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 08:48:35 -0800, "Tim Wescott"
wrote:

Paul, please look over my various posts on this issue and tell me where I
failed to point out that you can get more power from a bare RF output
stage
by loading it differently.

Sorry, Tim. I've no idea what you mean.
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