Coils getting hot in antennatuner. Is this normal ?

May 10th 08, 03:46 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

Rick

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Coils getting hot in antennatuner. Is this normal ?

Where does that heat come from ?

It comes from losses. Can you try different combinations of coil/capacitor
settings to still get a low SWR?
Only 1 db of loss is still about 20 watts. And 20 watts is quite a bit of
heat.

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