think of it as insurance to protect against a short circuit between the
headphones....
Lew K6LMP
On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:31 PM, Mel Farrer wrote:
> I agree with Doug but from another prospective.
[I assume you meant "perspective"]
> Look at the energy budget for portable work. Less total "consumed" power is
> good.
>
> Mel, K6KBE
>
> --- On Wed, 4/21/10, Doug Turnbull <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Doug Turnbull <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] attenuator in amp was Re: K3 and Expert 1K-FA
> To: "'Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604'" <[email protected]>,
> [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 2:08 PM
>
>
> Dear OMs,
> I can not understand why one would want to run the K3 at 100 W rather
> than 20/30/50 Watts. Why drive the K3 harder when driving it more lightly
> should improve reliability and possibly improve linearity. The waste of
> energy is also undesirable; the fifty watts out that is discarded probably
> costs 100 Watts of energy. The idea of adding an attenuator for 50 Watts of
> energy sounds mad to me and environmentally unfriendly as well.
>
> 73 Doug EI2CN
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