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Subject: [TenTec] Orion
From: k4sqr@juno.com (Jim Miller)
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:57:09 -0500
Caity & readers;

3-500Z amplifiers require 125 watts of drive for 1500 watts output. This
could be the reason for 150 final requests.

Of course there are some amps that require 200 watts drive, but that is a
topic for the amps reflector.

73,
Jim, K4SQR

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 11:23:52 -0500 Caitlyn Martin
<caitlynmaire@earthlink.net> writes:
> On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:43:02 -0800
> "Gord Hamilton ve7on" <ghamilto@direct.ca> wrote:
> 
> > I feel Ten-Tec is on the right track with their looks and 
> performance
> > goals but please make the radio deliver 150 watts to the antenna.  
> If
> > the rig is only 100 watts I might buy one.  If it is 150 watts I 
> WILL
> > buy one.
> 
> The 50% increase in power representes all of about 1.4db, or a 
> barely
> noticable increase in signal strength.  It won't even show up on an
> S-meter.  Why is the extra 50 watts so important?  I really don't 
> get
> it.
> 
> 73,
> Caity
> KU4QD
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