[ARC5] Antenna current..

[Mike Hanz]

I didn't consider it an oversight, Mark - you have a good data point for 
a 12 ohm antenna feedpoint.  If you're feeding a 50 hm antenna, it's 
actually better to use a 9:1 UNUN to get the RF ammeter back in its 
usual operating aircraft range, but then the losses are greater, so 
there's a tradeoff.  I like the 4:1 because I just got tired of looking 
at the meter barely getting off of zero and you don't lose very much 
power through the transformer.

By the way, the more current you bring through the RF ammeter, the 
faster the response. :-)

On 11/26/2013 6:17 PM, Mark K3MSB wrote:
> Hi Mike.
>
> I was replying from the office on my way home so sorry for the oversight.
> Somebody pointed this out to me a couple of months ago and I simply forgot.
>
> So more precisely, I get a meter indication of between 2 and 3 on my
> BC-442. My readings are based on going through the appropriate series
> capacitor into a 4:1UNUN.
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
> Sent from my Android phone
> On Nov 26, 2013 4:40 PM, "Mike Hanz" <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org> wrote:
>
>> It's not calibrated in amperes, John. Take a look at the writeup I did on
>> the remote meters at http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/I-71A.html and the
>> info on the five meter test sets at http://aafradio.org/docs/ARC_
>> Test_sets.PNG (the latter document gives current figures for tone, CW,
>> and voice modes.)
>>
>> 73,
>>   - Mike  KC4TOS
>>
>> On 11/26/2013 4:01 PM, John Saxon wrote:
>>
>>> I have a nice BC-442-A antenna relay piece and I see the max reading is
>>> 10 amp.  How much current is generated from a T-22 under normal conditions?
>>>   Under abnormal conditions?
>>>
>>> Thanks & 73,
>>> John
>>> K5ENQ
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