My JK Mid 40 includes “shorty forty” that has low SWR in the CW subband on 40m but up to 3.0:1 at 7.2. That was not a problem when I used the Expert amplifier with the built-in tuner. However I upgraded to the Flex combo of PG XL amp and Read more…
With my SO2R setup ready, I started testing. Transmit on 40m and receive on 20m. A 40m meter signal has a harmonic on 20m but is it attenuated by both the low power and high power bandpass filters. So with 100W on 40 I expected just a trace on 20m. Read more…
I wanted to do SO2R contesting. My Expert 1.3k can do sort of SO2R but with a substitute antenna like a vertical. So I purchased PG XL, a SO2R amplifier designed for SO2R. I expected an amplifier that would generate 2 KW when pressed hard, and according to newer reviews, Read more…