[Elecraft] high-power tuner

[Fred Jensen]

On 3/9/2012 2:24 PM, WILLIS COOKE wrote:

> If you need a tuner, your
> antenna does not meet this criteria so, what are you using to form
> your opinion?

Weigh the tuner, then transmit continuously, measure the temperature 
rise, and when it's stable, calculate the heat loss [something to do 
with Boltzman's Constant -- the tuner *is* painted black].  What doesn't 
leave as heat must leave as RF.  Did it years ago on a 10 KW FM 
broadcast transmitter [4 ea 4-1000's], and it came within one percent of 
the efficiency measured with the water-cooled dummy load.  YMMV however.

73,

Fred K6DGW
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