On 21 Jun 2005 16:46:07 -0700, wrote:



Walter Maxwell wrote:
"Wes Stewart" *n7ws*@ yahoo.com wrote in message
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On 20 Jun 2005 09:24:22 -0700, wrote:

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|Richard Clark wrote:
| On 20 Jun 2005 01:00:51 -0700, wrote:
| If Zo=50+j0.000000000001,
| And it is not
| then it's close enough!
| hence it follows from this logic, it is not close enough.
|
|
| Even if Zo=50+j2, then the VSWR will
|still be very close to a 1:1 match.
|
| You antenna boys don't build too many
|power amplifiers, obviously.

And you know this how? And it matters why?

But in case it does, I've been building amps since I was a teenager.
Through the years, I built a number of hf and vhf amps for friends.

Here's one I built for myself.

http://www.qsl.net/n7ws/K7CVT_Amp.html

Its replacement with an 8877 is sitting beside me.

That's a beautiful amp, Wes. I'm curious--how did it handle Slick's
1.040807999:1 swr, from his 50+j2 load impedance?


Looks aren't everything.

It couldn't handle even a 1.04:1 and
just blew out!

Now it's being used as a doorstop...


It operated a lot better than "Dr." (not so) Slick does.

He makes a comment that no one here builds amps. I present evidence
to the contrary and this is the best he can do.

What a loser.

I worked about 30 states on two-meters from the depths of AZ using
that amp. The present amp has participated in working all continents
(WAC) on two-meters.