[BC] AM Loads

[Alan Alsobrook]

wmroradio at bellsouth.net wrote:
> The reason why I ask is because the tube transmitters can tune into
> loads that a solid state, like my BE can not. I called be BE and they
> wanted nearly $2,500.00 for a output network to go with my AM1A.

The tube transmitters can tune into bad loads because they have a
tunable output network, not just because they are tubes. Tubes do
tolerate a bad load a bit better, than solid state but that does not
mean you should be operating them mismatched. The results are shortened
life, poor efficiency, narrow banding, along with a host of other troubles.

The solution is real simple give your transmitter a good load and you
have nothing to worry about.

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Alan Alsobrook CSRE AMD CBNT
St. Augustine Fl. 32086 904-829-8885
aalso at Bellsouth.net