That was true enough for most of radio history.  But by the time TV sweep
tubes began to be used for SSB transceiver final amplifier stages, the
output networks for said transceivers were being designed to b less
forgiving of impedance mismatches.  IRIC my TR-4 instruction manual
specified that max SWR should be no greater than 1.4/1.

Mike Freeman < K 7 U I J >
"All men tend to become that which they oppose." - Laurence van der Post

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, John J. Jacques wrote:

> HI Michael.  I used to just cup a dipole for the band in question, 33
> feet on each leg for forty for example, and throw it up.  Tubes were
> forgiving enough that the small amount of swr that the antena might have
> was no big deal.  I was always told that anything under 2 to 1 was
> exceptable.
>
> 73:
> John
>
>
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