On May 5, 5:26*pm, Wimpie wrote:
On 5 mayo, 19:23, Jim Lux wrote:









John KD5YI wrote:
On 5/4/2011 7:54 PM, Jim Lux wrote:
John KD5YI wrote:

Acceptable is what the manufacturer recommends for his gear. What does
this have to do with the device's output impedance?

Absolutely nothing.. which is the point.

Are we arguing the same point?

but the summary is,

That it is a bag of worms? I'm waiting with baited breath...

Exactly..

In fact, as interesting as it would be to measure the output impedance
of my radio, I started to think about what it would buy me, and came to
the conclusion, almost nothing (other than satisfying curiosity).

It *might* be interesting to look at (and write an article for QST/QEX
or something) "optimizing radiated power". *Answering the question: do
you really want a 50 ohm match on your antenna analyzer, or do you want
maximum net power at the antenna feedpoint, and what that might mean for
typical 100W solid state rigs, antennas, etc.

(as a practical matter, this is what automatic antenna tuners actually
adjust for: either minimum reflected power, or maximum fwd-ref)

but it's possible that deliberately running a mismatch (as shown on your
rig's SWR meter) might actually result in more radiated power. *e.g. if
at 1:1 you have 100W fwd and 0 rev, but at 2:1 you have 150W fwd and 15W
reflected, so you're actually net 135W vs 100W; assuming your rig
doesn't otherwise have any problems.

Hello Jim,

I agree with the PA load mismatch issue. It is possible to get (some)
more net power by applying mismatch to a PA stage (from experience).
But frequently it comes with too much increase in input power (so very
hot heatsink).

In case of high efficiency designs, the active devices may communicate
to you by means of smoke or ejection of (hot) particles.

Wim
PA3DJSwww.tetech.nl
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Hi Wimpie and KD5YI,

Will you please explain how it is possible to get more power delivered
by applying a mismatch to the output of a PA?

And for KD5YI specifically, I believe you have presented some
inaccurate math calculations. You begin with delivering 100w into a
matched load. Then you say you mismatch to 2:1 and get 135w forward
and 15w reflected, leaving 120w delivered. You must be kidding!!

First, with a 2:1 mismatch and 100w delivered by the PA, the reflected
power is 11.111w, which when added to 100w from the source, the
forward power is 111.11 watts. When the reflected power that returns
to the load is subtracted from the forward power, the result is 100w.
You've heard the expression 'there is no free lunch'?

So please explain to me, if you can, how you can deliver 120w when the
source is 100w.

Walt