[Amps] High Input Swr SB-220

[Pete Smith]

At 08:22 AM 3/26/03 -0800, Rich wrote:
> > The fix is to up the design Q of the Pi tuned input to something that
> > solid-state radios will take.  This is covered in the Nov./Dec., 1990 QST
> > article. [orig manuscript on my Web site]

I don't doubt this is the optimum solution, but necessary?  My TS-930 is 
perfectly happy driving my unmodified SB-220 on all bands including 12 and 
17 meters.  My Mark 5 is happy with it on every band but 40m, where the 
power folds back a little because of the input SWR.  Again, it works fine 
on 12 and 17m even though the input circuits were never designed for these 
bands.


73, Pete N4ZR
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