>
>Remember in the last few days we have been told equipment has to be
>designed for the cheap and the ignorant
>
Indeed. At the other end of the spectrum we find a 1000pF "bypass" on
the anode supply. At 1.8MHz, 1000pF has 88-ohms of Xc. It is my
opinion that this does not represent good engineering practice. By
comparison, at the lowest frequency of operation, the SB-220 has a 20-ohm
Xc HV bypass cap.
>
>At 10:39 PM 10/14/00, you wrote:
>
>> > >
>> > The AL-1500 reportedly has c. 50% efficiency on 10m.
>>
>>This should be no surprise.
>>I have the 10-20 meter section of a AL-1500 tank coil in my left hand as I
>>type. I can totally conceal it by wrapping my fingers around it. It is
made out of
>>square bent tubing.
>>
>>(((73)))
>>Phil, K5PC
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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