More basement cleaning and recognition of things I will probably never use. I picked this RF load up several years ago and have never used it. Again I thought I would offer it here on the list before
Looking at the specs for the 2SC5125 output transistors used in the ICOM 756 series transceivers. Spec sheet says they are rated for 80W output each or 160W per pair up to 175Mhz. Wondering why ICOM
Nothing, if you only operate CW. But IMD would increase significantly, producing a splatter-y SSB signal and making you unpopular. -- Best Regards, Vic Rosenthal Transparent Software, Inc. -- RAKEFET
Hi Steve, ICOM wants to have barely tolerable IM performance on SSB, so like most 100 watt radios they run them as high as they dare for acceptable splatter. It would be better to run them at 75 watt
A drastic but effective method is to cover the max power potentiometer with epoxy. (The rig doesn't deserve it, but the owner does.) A more sneaky trick is to leave him the pot to play with, but moun