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Re: Topband: Tuner balun

Subject: Re: Topband: Tuner balun
From: Ross Primrose <n4rp@aiko.com>
Reply-to: n4rp@aiko.com
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:27:06 -0500
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On 1/6/10 10:19 PM, rick darwicki wrote:
> The tuner gives me a 1:1 SWR with a pretty broad bandwidth on my 160 inverted 
> L ground plane with a DXE choke at the base. The problem I have is I cannot 
> get the SWR below 1.5 - 2 from 1800 to 1810 and I want to try some RTTY.
>    
1.5-2? Who cares. Use it as it is. All this hype about needing a 1:1 SWR 
is complete BS...

73, Ross N4RP

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transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications.”

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