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Re: [Amps] Good amp to buy (or something like that)

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Good amp to buy (or something like that)
From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>
Reply-to: dezrat1242@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:53:04 -0800
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On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:57:43 -0500, "Gary Schafer"
<garyschafer@comcast.net> wrote:

>All you need to do is feed a square wave audio into an SSB transmitter and
>look at the RF output waveform. You will not see a square wave but will see
>sharp spikes that represent the rise and fall of the square wave corners.

REPLY:

Your statement is correct only for low frequency square waves, ones
below the bandpass of the transmitter's audio circuit. With a suitable
high frequency square wave, you will indeed see a square wave at the
RF output. Same as with audio amplifiers. 

73, Bill W6WRT
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