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Re: [Amps] urban myth and transmitting tubes

To: amp reflector <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] urban myth and transmitting tubes
From: Jim Hoge <knowkode@verizon.net>
Reply-to: Jim Hoge <knowkode@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:41:16 -0700 (PDT)
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Don,

That's the exception. I've heard the claims from some who run stock that they 
are capable of such numbers. I had a boss who was an ardent cber ask me to fix 
his mobile solid state amp. I said I would take a look at it. After all, I was 
curious. I had no intention of fixing it for him though. The math said there 
was no way he could get 500 watts out with only a 20 amp fuse in the 12 volt 
supply lines, even IF the amp ran at an efficiency of 100%. Who only knows how 
over driven the amp must be and I'd hate to see the spectrum analyzer under 
such conditions. BTW, it was a blown transistor on the input side (2x4 
configuration). Gee, I wonder how that happened. I gave the amp back to him and 
said I couldn't find the problem.


Gotham couldn't hold a candle to some of these guys.

73,
Jim W5QM



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