[TowerTalk] TowerTalk 5-/72 ohms

[Pfizenmayer]

Awww gee - I thought HE made antenna tuners so one could present a 1:1 load 
to the transmitter so one could  tune up their amp into a 1:1 dummy load and 
just switch over to the tuner /antenna without having to touch the amp and 
avoid the endless tuning on air, esspcially on the DX  freq.  Some people 
however never did get the message.

Hank K7HP

>   1. Re: RG-149: 50 ohm/70 ohm - does it matter? (Paul Christensen)
>
>>  4) The major issue with SWR at the transmitter is giving the transmitter
>> a load that it is "happy" with. "Happy" means that it supplies full rated
>> power, AND is CLEAN.  Distortion rises when an amp is mismatched to its
>> load and if it's not carefully tuned. Distortion = SPLATTER. That's why
>> God made antenna tuners.
>