[Amps] Plate Loacing, FCC

[AA6DX - Mark]

Hmmm .. got one of those "pink slips" too ..  '64 -- got mine from the 
Franklin Candy Company in Ferndale, WA -- was using a Knight Kit T-150 
(loaded to 75 watts, xtal control, natch! =];?} ) ... working 80M, with a 
40M dipole ... only thing that would fit under the eaves of the rented 
duplex .. HIHI ..  I received a better report from the FCC on 40 than I did 
from the guy I was working on 80M in Sacramento .. me being in Eureka, Nor 
Cal ...  that range of harmonic fqs was called "Novice Alley", and I used to 
listen there on my SX-96 after crafting my reply to the notice of 
Non-Compliance -- lots of activity!  No replies heard, however..
Mark Nelson  -  AA6DX
http://aa6dx.com
AA6DX at ARRL.NET

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Heh heh... And I experienced something similar, first hand, when I got my 
QSL card from the FCC. It was back in my Novice days ('62), running a Knight 
Kit T-50 [-807-], tuning the output for "best" output. Well I was calling CQ 
on 7416 kHz and was 599 in Grand Island Nebraska. I think I used a ne2 taped 
to the twinlead feedline for my power meter. I wonder what happened to all 
the letters we sent back to the FCC after these reports? They would probably 
make some pretty funny reading now that "we all know better".
73 de Bob - K?RC in MN
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Tom said:
>If you get the Q too low the loading control will work
backwards. If you get it too high the tuning will be
needlessly sharp and there will be a little more tank heat.<
Another problem if the Q gets too low is that the harmonic output tends to 
start rising. If Q gets extremely low, there can be enough harmonic that the 
apparent SWR rises, since the antenna isn't matched at the harmonic and so 
the SWR meter sees reflected energy at that frequency. I once saw it happen 
in a bodged installation where they tried to pull the tx a long way LF 
outside its real frequency range.
73
Peter G3RZP