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My apologies if this is a "newbie-ish" sort of question, but I want to be sure before I do something stupid. If I attempt to load my Sigma-5 on 40 or 80 meters with a wide-range antenna tuner, is there a risk of damaging the antenna somehow? I'll only be using 100W max, so I don't expect to melt the aluminum :-), but I want to be sure I"m not going to damage something on the PCB. I do realize that "inefficient" is an understatement in this scenario, but I want to run some experiments to see if I can radiate enough signal to reach the local section emergency nets on 40 and 80. I can and will put up a real 40/80 dipole eventually, but it would be nice to know if I can just tote my S-5 to a field site and get 40 and/or 80 as well as 10-20. Thanks and 73, -Ed- Ed Thierbach, AB8OJ edt@acm.org -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Force12 Web Site: http://www.force12inc.com To Submit Message to the List: Force12Talk@qth.com To unsubscribe and view the Message Archive: see http://qth.com/force12/list For problems with the list: contact n4zr@qth.com |
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