on 3/6/00 11:56 PM, Bob Marston at k1ta@contesting.com wrote:
>
> Comparing the instanteous power handling capabilities of a resistor by
> using a cw dit to simulate a parasitic oscillation is specious at best!
>
> And cw dit however short it may seem to some still more closely
> approximates a steady state condition rather than an instanteous spike of
> an amplifier breaking into parasitic oscillation.
>
Of course it is specious! I'll admit that.
But the fact is that parts just don't instantaneously blow up due to a
transient event. That is my whole point. Rich's events are nearly step
functions.
> Ever see a lightning rod when it takes a direct strike? The strike is
> instanteous but the rod glows redhot for several minutes.
Actually I've not and don't care to actually witness it either! But a
lightning bolt is of far higher energy than that produced by a tube at VHF.
Anyhow, this argument is beginning to go way away from its original intent.
73,
Jon
KE9NA
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Jon Ogden
KE9NA
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