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Re: [Amps] Mine is bigger than yours (was: Re: Standbytubes (was:Evenmor

To: "Dr. William J. Schmidt, II" <bill@wjschmidt.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Mine is bigger than yours (was: Re: Standbytubes (was:Evenmore power solid-state amp's))
From: Gary Schafer <garyschafer@comcast.net>
Reply-to: garyschafer@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:49:02 -0400
List-post: <mailto:amps@contesting.com>
Ok, ok I see where you are going with that now.  :>)

73
Gary  K4FMX

Dr. William J. Schmidt, II wrote:
> You are just pulling my leg right?  You see that even though the "Final 
> Amplifier" could run legal power as specified in the regs... the driver 
> stage could run (fill in the blank here)... and basically just couple 
> power past the "Final Amplifier" by some simple.... lets call it a 
> neutralization coupling circuit...?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Dr. William J. Schmidt, II  K9HZ
> Trustee of the North American QRO - Central Division Club - K9ZC
> 
> Email: bill@wjschmidt.com
> WebPage: www.wjschmidt.com
> 
> "If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee; 
> that will do them in."  -- Bradley's Bromide
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer@comcast.net>
> To: "Dr. William J. Schmidt, II" <bill@wjschmidt.com>
> Cc: <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Mine is bigger than yours (was: Re: Standby tubes 
> (was:Evenmore power solid-state amp's))
> 
> 
>> ??  Don't see where a 50 kw driver would even come close. The old 
>> rules said you could run 1 kw input to the final. For ssb that was the 
>> plate voltage times the plate current as read on meter peaks. The time 
>> constant of the meter could be no more than .25 sec.
>> PEP was not specified. PEP probably runs around 5 to 6 times what is 
>> read on the meters when no compression is used.
>>
>> 73
>> Gary  K4FMX
>>
>> Dr. William J. Schmidt, II wrote:
>>
>>> This brings to mind a good story... When first licensed back in the 
>>> late sixties as school kids, the FCC regs read such that the power 
>>> input to the final stage of an amateur transmitter shall be no more 
>>> than 1 kW on CW and 2 kW P.E.P.   My ham buddies and I always 
>>> fantasized about that 50 kW driver stage that would have, 
>>> technically, met the regs....  someone finally got smart and changed 
>>> the regs!
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Dr. William J. Schmidt, II  K9HZ
>>> Trustee of the North American QRO - Central Division Club - K9ZC
>>>
>>> Email: bill@wjschmidt.com
>>> WebPage: www.wjschmidt.com
>>>
>>> "If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a 
>>> committee; that will do them in."  -- Bradley's Bromide
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "R.Measures" <r@somis.org>
>>> To: "Phil Clements" <philc@texascellnet.com>
>>> Cc: "'Pete Smith'" <n4zr@contesting.com>; <amps@contesting.com>; 
>>> <craxd1@ezwv.com>
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 5:13 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Amps] Mine is bigger than yours (was: Re: Standby tubes 
>>> (was:Evenmore power solid-state amp's))
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> A 4cx35.000C in AB1 is what a wealthy Ham in Japan reportedly ran.
>>>> (22kV anode -- 32A-pk cathode emission, breathed more air than
>>>> Godzilla).  He reportedly said that the beast was not good for calling
>>>> CQ because many people would come back to him that he could not hear.
>>>> This problem is commonly called Nile crocodile syndrome.
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 2, 2005, at 5:09 PM, Phil Clements wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> All this WLW stuff is fun, but I believe that VOA still has a few of
>>>>> their
>>>>> 1 megawatt medium-wave transmitters left, and there was a reference in
>>>>> www.worldofradio.com to a 2-megawatt medium-wave station in Saudi
>>>>> Arabia.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no doubt in my mind that several of us, (me included) would
>>>>> dearly
>>>>> love to mash the PTT button just one time on that one-mega-watter, and
>>>>> holler "CQ DX" just one time!!
>>>>>
>>>>> (((73)))
>>>>> Phil, K5PC
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org
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