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Old 05-30-2005 | 07:06 PM
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dagnythepilot
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Default Tranceiver with antenna collapsed

hi all,

I seemed to remember that antenna should be fully extended when transmitting. Otherwise, final stage of TX circuit will be overdriven and finally burned. I am just wondering if this is still true with newer transmitter that has better circuitry design. I am asking because I use my transmitter with SIM interface and I hate to extend my TX antenna in front of my PC. My transmitter does not have TX on/off feature, but it just start transmitting as soon as I turn it on.

Any thought?
Thanks, Ckay