Steve Nosko wrote:
"With a "conjugate match" the source dissipates 50% of the power and the
load the other 50%."

This is true only if all the source resistance is the type that converts
electrical energy to heat. There is a non-dissipative resistance.
Switched-off time in the Class-C amplifier is part of its internal
resistance.

You can deliver all the available power of the Class-C amplifier to the
load and dissipate less than 50% in the source.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI