>At KE9NA wrote:
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>Snip....
>>At 10:30 PM 3/23/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>>>>Everybody claims this, but I haven't seen it. The input impedance does
>>>>>NOT vary with input power. I have the exact same match applying 100
>>>>>watts as I do 5. My SWR does not change.
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>Your SWR does not change enough to see it because as you lower the input
>power, you also lower the cathode current, maintaining about the same
>input impedance. Try this...tune up your amp and apply 100 watts drive.
>Note the cathode current. Reduce the drive to 50 watts. The cathode current
>should be close to 1/2 what it was at 100 watts input. Since input impedance
>equals drive power divided by peak cathode current squared, you can see how
>the input impedance stays fairly close throughout the operating range. The
>low Q of the tuned input L/C allows compensation for any variations in the
>drive/cathode current ratio.
>
? well said, Phil. . Murphy was right. Things are usually more complicated
than they look.
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>Phil, K5PC
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