John Coleman ARS WA5BXO wrote:
As for the T60, I'm not saying "don't do it". You will want to make
your on observations for the experience. But, the TS430, when operated
properly on AM, will get you better signal and audio reports and keep your
band neighbors friendly.
Thanks for the comments.
My thoughts on an advantage of the T60 is that, as it has
controlled/suppressed carrier, the idle power is a lot less than the
TS430. As a consequence, I could drive a linear (SB200) a bit harder
and get more power out of it than when using the 430.
When running the 430 at about 15 watts, and a plate current of 150 ma on
the amp, the plates get redder than I like. Seems like I should be able
to increase the input significantly with the T60 before the plates got
to the same temp.
Is this correct reasoning?
I think I will just get some xtals for the T60 as I am getting a Ranger
soon.
js
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