[MRCA] Antenna "protection?"

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Nah, not that bad...  The Z looking into the end of a half wave wire  
is approx.  2500 ohms.  This works out to about 2800 volts peak at  
legal max.  Chose variable capacitors with sufficient plate-to-plate  
spacing and other tuner components with appropriate ratings of  
course.  Been running end-feds here for years at high power levels  
with no  problems.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On May 24, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Al Klase wrote (in part):

>  Imagine a 33-foot vertical, half-wave at 14 MHz, fed at it's base  
> by a tuner, running ORO.  The RF voltage at the output of the tuner  
> is going to be astronomical, think Tesla coil.

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