I have almost 200 hours on the Radio now, seems to be just fine. Lee
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Wegmet" <markweg...@charter.net> To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 8:01 PM Subject: RE: KR> antennae tuning > You might want to Google EMP or Electro Magnetic Pulse to get more detail > on > Mr. Decker's "Keep in mind" comment. > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf > Of Wolfgang Decker > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 8:38 PM > To: KRnet > Subject: RE: KR> antennae tuning > > > > "1 piece of alum foil around the mount area and I have a 150-200 mile > range. > Do not > over think this thing, build it install it and fly it....." > > Tuning an antenna is not only about increasing range or receiving > sensitivity, it actually increases the lifetime of your radio, or at least > of the RF transistors in the amp stage. Keep in mind that all the power > that > is reflected from a mismatched antenna goes right back into the > transistors, > where it just heats the electronic circuits. Radios have been silenced > very > quickly that way. > Dene is doing it the right way - after all all of us put enormous efforts > into tuning the aircraft engines to exactly where they need to be. So why > stop at the radios? After all, a simple SWR meter sets you back about $25. > > Wolfgang Decker > Beaver Falls, PA > Basement almost ready to get started > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.6/708 - Release Date: 3/2/2007 > 4:19 PM > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > >
