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[AMPS] Have Cake & Eat it too

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Subject: [AMPS] Have Cake & Eat it too
From: rakefet@rakefet.com (Vic Rosenthal)
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 12:38:07 -0700
Jonathan Kaplan wrote:
> 
> If the amp has harmonics, being measured by the power meter and reject by
> the antenna
> system, I would think that means the antenna system is in good shape but
> the amp
> might need work, right?

Perhaps the amp is being overdriven or is mistuned.  I still don't understand
whether the problem is that the SWR on a given band goes up as the power output
goes up, or if the power that the meter shows appears to be higher on the bands
where the SWR is higher.

73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA

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