[BC] trouble with an old BC-1G need advice

Cowboy curt at spam-o-matic.net
Wed Apr 2 10:20:56 CDT 2008


On Wednesday 02 April 2008 11:01 am, BOYDSIRBOYD at aol.com wrote:

 Something wrong here..............

>  4. did a double check on the output cable with the bridge to see if it was  
>  50 ohm's and the direct input to the cable. it wasn't so i preceeded to the  
>  input coil to the atu to bring it to 50 ohm's at the transmitter.

 /snip/

>  RF LINE CURRENT   2 AMPS IN LOW POWER AND 4 AMPS IN HIGH  POWER
>   THESE ARE FROM THE OWNER AND IF THEY ARE NOT WITHIN THOSE PERAMITTERS  THEN 
>  SOMETHING IS WRONG
>   
>  OH AND THE OUTPUT POWER IS 1150 TO 1250 IN LOW AND 2350 TO 2450 IN HIGH  
>  POWER.

 I^2*R 4 amps into 50 ohms is 800 watts, not 2450 !!

 Something wrong with the data provided.......

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Cowboy




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