I did not write the SWR statement show below, but I will agree that many
amps do not like high SWR. FWIW, I recently purchased an Elecraft KAT-500
automatic antenna tuner and from the little I have played with it, it
seems to work very nicely.
John KK9A
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Need balun advice
From: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:48:51 -0400
On 11/11/2015 8:11 AM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
Repeat after me --
SWR is NOT an indicator of antenna performance.
But it determines whether or not my very sensitive Alpha 87A will trip off
or a solid state amp
will fold back.
Herb, KV4FZ
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