[BC] 50 Ohm Load...

[Ronald J. Dot'o Sr.]

From: <BOYDSIRBOYD at aol.com>

> RON,
>
> i was at the ATU and i had one of the workers turning the 
> transmitter off
> and on at low power as i changed the input coil taps. as the 
> reflected got
> smaller i had him increase the transmitter output. till we got to 
> full power and
> little or no reflected.
> as i said this baby hums along, i guess i could teach it words.
>
> bill
>

That's exactly how I do it.

Get it close to 50J0 at the ATU input then fine tune the ATU.

I can't think of any other way to do it.  Common sense dictates that 
you tune the ATU to the best match and forget about all of the 
esoteric calculations and charts and just fix the damn thing!

Ron D