Hopefully your assumptions are off track- Sure would be nice addition to the kx3
73 all Dean K2WW On May 12, 2017 9:17 AM, "David Woolley" <[email protected]> wrote: > Using a pad would be bad design, as simply increasing the level of > negative feedback would help reduce distortion. The only way one could > achieve a repeatable gain close to 15dB would be with negative feedback. > > Moreover, I assume it is an FCC condition that modification by the end not > be easy. You can assume that CB users wanting to use illegal powers have > access to soldering irons. > > Also, I would assume that the design gain is actually less than 15dB, to > allow for component tolerances. > > -- > David Woolley K2 06123 > > On 12/05/17 02:43, Dr. William J. Schmidt wrote: > >> All of those popular devices have gain more than 15 dB... so there is a >> pad in the amp to keep the gain at 15 dB. One would think that a "tweak" >> will evolve to modify the pad (and possibly the firmware) to eliminate this >> bothersome limit. >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
