My incoming line voltage here is 248v. Also it is a restoration by W4PNT and has some AM mods in it. And I would not be able to certify that it wasn't 350. Bird wattmeters really ain't that accurate after all. :>) DX never know the difference, for sure.
73, Guy. On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Grant Youngman <n...@tx.rr.com> wrote: > Always helps to include text ... :-) > > My Ranger won't quite make 375w carrier. Do I have a problem? ;-) > > I think the Elecraft amp will make 150w carrier. Hardly a big difference. > But enough for a good time anyway. > > Not all Desks or KW-1s or similar transmitters are throttled back. Unless > it's to drive a 4CX15000 or something :-$ > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 14, 2011, at 10:45 AM, Grant Youngman <n...@tx.rr.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 14, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV <olin...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> >>> That will be the same ratio as always, set by physics instead of the >>> manufacturer: carrier set for one quarter of the PEP rating. That >>> would be 125 watts carrier for 500 watts PEP. >>> >>> It always seems to be too small. >>> >>> In the old days of the Johnson desk kilowatt, that was 1 kW carrier >>> INPUT, with a usual 700 to 750 watts carrier output. With voice >>> processing, that was a well modulated 3kW PEP output. There was a >>> reason those guys always sounded so loud, and for how heavy that rig >>> was. >>> >>> My AL1200 needs about 30 watts carrier to transmit the max 375 watts >>> carrier. Just about what my Ranger will do. >>> >>> 73, Guy >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Stephen Victor <victo...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> Hi. What carrier power will the KPA500 put out for well modulated AM? >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks and 73 >>>> Steve WA2DTW >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>>> >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
