[AMRadio] Balanced tuner

Rob Atkinson ranchorobbo at gmail.com
Sat Apr 28 11:55:27 EDT 2018


On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 7:16 AM, Mike Sawyer <w3slk at verizon.net> wrote:
>  One has to be reminded that capacitor needs to be as large, (voltage wise) as the final's 'tune' on any 'boat-anchor' or amplifier! Component selection must be made accordingly. Remember the original Johnson KW Matchbox was designed at the time for a 1KW input. The closer you are to a match on the frequency of selection, the lesser your chance of 'fireworks!'
>         Of course, your mileage may vary!
>

I'd think if you put an air variable cap in series between the UHF
jack input on the matchbox and the link, the plate spacing on the cap
could be the same as the load cap in a transmitter's pi output
network.

73
Rob
K5UJ


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