On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:08:33 +0000 (UTC), Reg Edwards hath writ:
I've been stating John Cleese's 'bleeding obvious' for years but nobody
seems to take a scrap of notice.

All the power which leaves the transmitter MUST be dissipated in the load -
there's nowhere else for it to go.

Well, of course -- when you realise that *EVERYTHING* past the
output tank on the xmitter _is_ the load for the xmitter.
The first coax connector (if any), the xmission line(s), the
tuner (if in-line), any add'l coax connectors, the matching lash-up
at the antenna (if any), and finally -- taaaa-Daaa -- The Antenna.

And now, can you believe it, Morse Code is on its way out !

And, so, too, are microphones and speakers!!
A good percentage of the amateurs I meet now-a-days do not
own a microphone -- nor a speaker. Many hams have never
actually _spoken_ to another ham except at a swapfest (rally)
or a club meeting. sigh............

I have given up honking a "HI" at another call letter plate.
Now-a-days what I usually get in return is a 1-finger salute.

73
jonesy
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