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[AMPS] Re: Parasitics

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Subject: [AMPS] Re: Parasitics
From: measures@vc.net (Rich Measures)
Date: Tue, 19 May 98 08:35:58 -0800
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>> Date:          Sun, 17 May 1998 18:28:00 -0400 (EDT)
>> From:          km1h@juno.com
>> Subject:       [AMPS] Re: Parasitics
>> To:            amps@contesting.com
>
>> I have not heard an answer yet Tom...perhaps you are at Dayton but  "we"
>> patiently await your reply .
>
>Just got home to the unfriendly reflector. 

Translation:  "unfriendly" =s questioning of statements that don't quite 
wash.  

>Hopefully I won't miss 
>anything by deleting MOST of the 198 messages from this and one other 
>reflector without reading them!
>
What, me worry?
 
>> >In an amplifier that is properly tuned and not underloaded and into a 
>> >known good antenna with no intermittents, no relay problems or any 
>> >other excuse....why would it suddenly arc the bandswitch while being 
>> >operated?  Assume the original design parasitic suppressor is in place 
>> >and known good. 
>
>No one can answer a question like that with a single answer, unless 
>that person has a preconceived notion that every failure is 
>rooted in only one cause.

My guess is that he realizes it's a question designed to test his theory 
that bandswitch arcs are due to 'cheap coax', 'operator error', and 'bad 
antennas', -- period.   
>
>With that in mind, let me ask this:
>
>Is this an amplifier that you personally watched first hand in a test 
>setup, or are the parameters above gleaned from a second source? 
>
>73, Tom W8JI



Rich...

R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures  


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