[Amps] Fw: High SWR = Baluns actually- back to amps!!

[Bill, W6WRT]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:07:56 -0400,
"herzog at frontiernet.net@frontiernet.net" <herzog at frontiernet.net>
wrote:

>This problem reared its ugly face when 160 meters went QRO, and
>the WARC
>bands were added. An 80-40-20-15-10 meter design was very forgiving. You
>could use military/commercial band switches from WW II, and with even a
>not so perfect layout, you came out just fine.

REPLY:

Same with my amp. Without the 160 meter coil, perfectly stable. With
it, 15 meters became unusable. The Tesla effect was so bad it affected
a fluorescent light hanging from the ceiling ten feet away! 

73, Bill W6WRT