Hi all,
It has recently come to my attention that folks are running amps into
unmatched loads. Nobody seems to be worried about VSWR very much.
I've got a SB-220 that I've never run into anything but a 1:1 match.
If I understood correctly back during college, if I'm running 500W out
into even a 2:1 that means I've got something like 50W on the line
coming back at me, yes? I'm using RG-8, and the line loss is
negligible for the length and frequency involved.
My question is, how forgiving is the SB-220 of VSWR mismatches? What
is the maximum mismatch that you personally have run or seen run with
this amplifier? The reason I'm asking is that I've got a 80m dipole
that presents high SWR on other bands (of course) but if the SB-220
will let me get away with it, I'd like to try it.
What I *don't* want to do is screw up these brand new tubes.
Thanks,
Jeff/KD4RBG
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