My two cents... Its rare a controlled carrier rig sounds good. For myself, I don't want to run something that sounds like crap, no mater how vintage or efficient it is into an amplifier.
I also seem to have given up on low power, and don't want any rigs that run 100 watts or less, except as exciters for bigger RF decks. A lot of this stuff is fun to play with, but as a rig you want to use on the air, they don't usually cut it. In my case, the small stuff just sat around the shack or got used once every 6 months for 10 minutes till I switched to the bigger rigs. There are guys who love using the old small rigs though, running a DX40 or DX60 with an outboard VFO and/or modulator, into an amp, and a crappy receiver with an outboard IF and rf amp, and outboard audio, etc. I suppose it's a challenge they like... Something for everyone on AM! Brett N2DTS > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Schmidling > Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 12:42 PM > To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] TS430 as VFO on a KNIGHT T60 > > 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 > > > -- > PHOTO OF THE WEEK: http://schmidling.com/pow.htm > Astronomy, Beer, Cheese, Fiber,Gems, Sausage,Silver > http://schmidling.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected]
