[ARC5] arc5 as antenna tuner

[fkamp@attbi.com]

I have to agree that an ARC-5 chassis would make a lousy base on which
to build an antenna tuner.  You would be better off mounting the parts
on a scrap of plywood.

However, I am just as sure that the caps and the coil out of an ARC-5
transmitter would handle more than 50 watts.  I have used ARC-5
transmitting variables as plate tuning caps in amps running about 500
watts input (pair of 811's).

Regards,
Frank Kamp

Mike Hanz wrote:
> 
> Yes, but then the attempted desecration arm of our group would have to
> kill you...  :-)
> 
> More seriously, the roller coil and variable caps can be useful for
> making a low power tuner (~50w or less) and those are generally
> available in a junker or separately.  There's an awful lot of wasted
> space if you use even a junker solely for that purpose, though.  Is
> there any particular reason you were looking to use that particular
> chassis as a platform?
> 
> 73,
> Mike
> 
> K8NKE wrote:
> > i seem to recall seeing some info to make a antenna tuner out of a arc5
> > transmitter. i cant seem to locate it know and was wondering if any one
> > knows where i could find it.
> > tia dale k8nke
> 
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