> (Jon)
> We've established the fact that 320 Joules into my resistor network will
not
> damage the resistors.
> Yet 256 Joules will destroy a tank circuit according to what you say.
It takes about 500 J to melt a gram of brass from room temperature. I think
256 would be enough to seriously damage a band switch. The unresolved
problem isn't the available energy, it's how it gets to the switch.
Regards, Carl WS7L
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