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06-11-2013, 06:48 PM | #1 |
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Hey, matching antenna impedance is serious shit
(Would you really trust the government to buy something that isn't crap for that? They'd probably buy from MFJ ) That reminds me, I need to pick up a decent tuner for some antenna projects.
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And that was the problem exactly. They provided us with an antenna tuner, and it was crap. You'd watch the SWR meter and the needle would just sit there laughing at you.
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I put a max of 140 watts or so into the tuner I have - it is supposedly rated for 300 but I'm guessing it'd start to arc badly at close to 215 or so.
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This was back in the '90's. When I was re-activated in '09, the military had pretty much gone strictly to SATCOM for long range comms. Worked great in the sandbox and I was glad to have it, but it's gonna hit us in the feels if we ever try to fight a war in trees again. NO ONE will know how to bounce a sky wave. I understand they have a few volunteer-run SATCOM projects for ham operators now. That's kinda crazy.
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