Richard - There are probably more technical responses than this, but I think the simple answer is that if you have a 100W Solid State amp, and drive it with 100W you will likely either destroy something, or the system will self protect and shut down. I know that with my K3 and KPA500 combo, I get 500 watts out with about 28 watts from the K3... if I raise the output power of the K3 to a bit above 30 watts (maybe 32 or 33w), the amp 'faults' because of excessive drive, so my 500 watts amp gives me 500 watts when driven by an appropriate amount of RF. If it is additive, I am not aware of it.
I believe the answer is somewhat different if using a tube type amp in a grounded grid configuration. Dave - K9FN On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 3:07 PM, richard kappler <[email protected]> wrote: > Does a 100w amp ADD to your radio's output, or push it to 100w? > > Asked another way, if I have a 100w radio set to full power, does a 100w > amp make output 200w, or does it stay at 100w? > > -- > W2KAP > > In any given circuit, the most expensive part will always sacrifice itself > to protect the fuse. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
