>  JE> You going to find that you'll need a WHOLE LOT more capacity down
 >  JE> frequency!
 >  Well I like to tinker so it may be fun to see if it will work
 > and hgow much RG-58 I need to make it work at all.
Good luck, and let me know how ya do.
 >  JE>>> Can you operate 20m CW up there?  If so, name off a freq and
 >  JE>>> time, and I'll try to meet you there, somewhere.
 >>> Nope. Restricted to 80 and 160m until I get 12wpm cw.
 >>> Want to try 80m or 160?
 >>> Weekends seem to be my only `free' time right now.
 >  JE> maybe around 3725kHz?  How about 7:30CST?
 >  We can try... but isn't 3725 below your voice window?
 >  I thought you couldn't come below 3750 on voice,that it was all
 > cw below there only.
I'm TALKING about CW   Didn't know you had voice privledges down there.  
And, I'm pretty sure that the bottom of the Extra class sub-band is 3750kHz.  
Below there, it's CW for the States.
 >>> If the chooke was soldered across a resistor (Heathkit did this
 >>> alot)the rating of the resistor may have been low enough to heat
 >  JE> This choke is an RF choke.  2.5 milli Henry.  it's about the diamater
 > of a
 >  JE> just smaller than a dime, there are 4 sections wrapped, and it's
 > wrapped
 >  JE> with 40 or 50ga wire.
 >  I see. I thought it was a choke that was similiar to a resistor
 > in dimensions, what you have sounds like a torroid choke.
RF Choke.  It looks like it's wound on a resistor looking body.
 >  JE> Just goes to prove that regardless of how much power you're running,
 >  JE> just not going to get out as well as if you had a RESONANT antenna!
 >  Yep. I'm resonant at 3700 and 1855 so now need for the tuner.
 >  I use it rearley dpending where I dial,so it only gets used
 > when I need it.
 >  The 530 is so forgiving with the tubes and SWR... ;-)
Thats the great thing about hollow state outputs - they're MUCH more 
forgiving than their solid-state counterparts!
Give me a pair of 6146's ANYday!
   73 = Best Regards
   -Jeff KA5THB
   ka5thb@bigfoot.com
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