[BC] BE tuner and such

[Ronald J. Dot'o Sr.]

From: "Alan Alsobrook" <radiotech at bellsouth.net>

>
> If it's working some times that's best, other times it's not. It 
> would be nice to know the exact cause of the error. My B. Point that 
> got lost was that a transformation is occurring somewhere between 
> the ATU and the transmitter. This could be caused by wrong impedance 
> coax, bad coax, or undersized coax (Like RG-8 trying to take 1 KW).

Both TX's and the ATU input from the antenna switch are foam filled 50 
ohm heliax, I think it's 3/4" line.  As Burt mentioned the connections 
to the antenna switch and the switch itself could cause the path to 
vary from 50 ohms.  I wonder if reading backwards from the ATU end of 
the coax through the switch to the TX output would tell me anything, 
or just reading into the TX output, or maybe both to see what the 
differences would be.  It would be interesting but hard to justify the 
downtime to the boss, not to mention the setup chores to use the 
bridge.

Ron D