[Amps] SB-220 bias question

[Bill, W6WRT]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:48:51 -0400, "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com> wrote:

>The higher circulating currents will very likely cause 
>the pi-network coil or bandswitch to fail. 

REPLY:

I think you are mistaken about the circulating currents going up. If that really
was happening, the voltages across each of the pi-network elements would also go
up. Since the antenna is connected across one of those elements (load cap) the
voltage there would go up too, but it doesn't. 

73, Bill W6WRT