> Alex brings up a good question. When using an antenna tuner driving a
> long feedline, what does my final amplifier see during the transient
> response while the energy is sloshing back and forth between the
> antenna and the tuner setting up the steady state match conditions?
Even an FT1000MP, with all its annoying unnecessary keyclicks,
takes a millisecond to reach full power. That's 1800 RF cycles to
reach full output on the lowest amateur band.
Things change slow in our systems, as you figured out on your own!
> Hmm, I think I just answered my own question. I guess the relatively
> slow rise time of the RF envelope takes care of any problems this
> might cause (RF power is increased incremently on a time scale greater
> than the settling time of the antenna/matching network).
73, Tom W8JI
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