[Amps] My NCL-2000 warc band experiments

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Frank, asking out of curiosity here: did you by chance try 30m with the 20m  
position and 17m with the 15m position?
 
If there is enough C in the variable caps you might reach resonance without  
having to add the coils taps. Granted the loaded Q will be higher but at these 
 relatively low frequencies (compared to 10m) might work ok.
 
On the heating effect; it is fundamentally an I squared times R thing. The  R 
could be higher, the I could be higher or both. I do know that a soldered tap 
 will be much lower loss than the limited contact area provided by alligator 
clip  teeth.
 
73,
Gerald K5GW
 
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