[Boatanchors] 813 grid to filament short

[rbethman]

On 10/1/2015 8:05 PM, Ron Youvan wrote:
> rbethman wrote:
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>> I only wish that there was a REAL way to measure PEP of any voice
>> modulated signal.
>
>   I thought an oscilloscope could look at the output of the transmitter
> and ascertain the actual transmitter output voltage.
> That is why I bought mine.

Is it a storage one?  If it isn't, lots of luck reading peaks by eyeball!
>
>> I do have a peak reading Bird, and the necessary slugs that are
>> compatible with it.
>
>> Then the real rub!  Whom owns an antenna system that is a pure 50 Ohm
>> resistive load?
>
>   I always thought an antenna tuner could provide a good load to a
> transmitter.
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>
>
Antenna tuner is a misnomer!  They are matchboxes!  the impedance of the 
antenna hasn't changed one little bit!

All you do is make the transmitter/transceiver happy.  The feed line and 
the antenna don't change one iota.

Go back to the E.F. Johnson design and name.  It stated Matchbox.

N0DGN