Ralph Rote: > ... what are some operationa guidelines as regards i/p and o/p power, duty cycle, cooling etc.
Ralph, ultimately what you're looking for is to run the amp at 1/4 the maximum CW output of the amp. In other words, if the amp runs 800 W output on CW you want to drive it to only 200 W output max. This allows for proper headroom for modulation. Otherwise Eddy's guidelines are correct. Ed, VA3ES
