>At 08:22 AM 3/26/03 -0800, Rich wrote:
>> > The fix is to up the design Q of the Pi tuned input to something that
>> > solid-state radios will take. This is covered in the Nov./Dec., 1990 QST
>> > article. [orig manuscript on my Web site]
>
>I don't doubt this is the optimum solution, but necessary? My TS-930 is
>perfectly happy driving my unmodified SB-220 on all bands including 12 and
>17 meters. My Mark 5 is happy with it on every band but 40m, where the
>power folds back a little because of the input SWR. Again, it works fine
>on 12 and 17m even though the input circuits were never designed for these
>bands.
>
** with a tuner to correct the problem of not enough Q in the tuned
inputs, a Q of 2 - 3 is not needed.
- R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734, AG6K,
www.vcnet.com/measures.
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