What if he's running about 5kw out? This would make sense. 10% increase in
input gives you a 10% increase in output power.
This is of course ignoring the dirty signal you are producing.
W5OV
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This is of course ignoring the dirty signal you are producing.
Maybe he's CW only and doesn't need a linear amp.
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But that's still only a fraction of 1 dB gain in signal - not detectable on
most S-meters.
RF power is one place where more yields diminishing results. The increased
signal at a receiver when going from 10W to 100 watts output is exactly the
same as the difference between 100 and 1000 watts, but
My software is about six months old and I heard rumor that the K3's power may
be backed down to 100 watts. My amplifier is a little testy and going from
100 watts to 110 watts is the difference of 500 watts on the amp. I am not
sure if I want to update it yet. My K3 is working fine so far. What
110W is the maximum with the latest firmware. Running any higher than
that is not recommended it probably should invalidate your
warranty ;)
~Iain / N6ML
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 7:22 PM, -.-. --.-N3TU -.-. --.-
connectme...@hotmail.com wrote:
My software is about six months old and
You have a real problem with your amp if going from 100 watts to 110
watts drive gives you a difference of 500 watts output from the
amplifier. Actually, the rest of us are the ones who have the problem
with your amplifier if it really does that. Do you realize the kind of
distortion you
A 10W difference makes 500W more? that's a relation of 50 to 1.MMM
sounds wierd,I have never seen an amp that makes that relation,there is
definitively something wrong in there.
AD4C
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. --
Albert Einstein
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I'm not causing distortion and stations say it sounds clean on the air. I
think I am going to get the amp looked over. Thanks for the info.
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Just how much power are you running? If going from 100 to 110 makes a
500 watt difference in the output, then you must be putting out 5000
watts with 100 in, assuming the amplifier is linear.
Somehow I suspect this isn't the situation...
Seriously, in general amplifiers need about 50 watts
Yes, I'm going to get it checked out. Full legal limit is at 110 watts. I
have original tubes in the amp.
I guess I need two new 3-500z's. I already have new caps in the power
supply.
Jack Brindle wrote:
Just how much power are you running? If going from 100 to 110 makes a
500 watt
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