J M Noeding wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 08:56:15 -0700, Tim Wescott
wrote:



It may be best to pick the least expensive "big" sweep tube for which
you have specs, and parallel enough of them to get the impedance where
you want it to be.

You should also be able to run the voltage down a bit at the tube's
rated current. This will reduce your power output but it'll reduce your
impedance at the same time.

If you use a 3:1 step-down on your output you'll load the plate with 450
ohms. This will require a 1.3A peak current with a 600V plate supply,
and should be good for 300W or more PEP output -- may be easier to start
there than at 5A!


of course, but still the impedance from each tube is high, and it does
not see 50 ohm or whatever load, and still you may need an antenna
tuner.

But I was pulling the leg, since it is not a problem for any moderate
intelligent ham to tune a transmitter. Since I am electronic engineer
and have been working with transmitters it amuses me to see that
colleagues don't understand about PLATE and LOAD, and have really
difficulties to tune a transmitter, other radio amateurs have
commented about the same. It is odd that you need to be an amateur to
understand how to tune a transmitter, and I have never seen it as a
problem, even when I started with a Starflite TX 38 years ago

73, jm
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J. M. Noeding, LA8AK, N-4623 Kristiansand
http://home.online.no/~la8ak/c.htm

Perhaps if the knobs were relabeled "TX" and "Antenna", and the plate
current meter was relabeled "reflected power"?

I see nothing wrong in principal with wanting to build a no-tune tube
transmitter, although it may be more work than building a
microprocessor-controlled transmitter tuner, and you may run into
insurmountable output-capacitance problems.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com