Paul, I believe, increasing your power from a 45 watt Ranger to 180 watts, is just one "S" unit on most receivers. Put your money into a good antenna. bob...w2ami
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Sokoloff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Looking for Linear Amp > Hello again, > I had no idea I was going to stir up such an interesting discussion. I > was the person who originally posted this. After reading all of the replies > and as a newcommer to this, I have one question. If one needs an 800 watt > amplifier to run 100 watts AM, then how does a Viking with 3 small 6146s run > 125 watts AM? > I have a Johnson Ranger (45 watts with one 6146) which I wish to drive > an amplifier for more output (maybe 125 to 150). Should I just get a viking > 2 or an amplifier? Does anyone have an amp they are interested in selling? > Thanks, > > Paul WA3GFZ > > _______________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio >

