On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:58:30 -0000 Peter Chadwick
<Peter_Chadwick@mitel.com> writes:
>
>Further to Rich's comments, I believe you'll really need negative
>feedback
>whatever tube you use. However, you are getting down to looking at
>the
>levels in the whole exciter.
The TS-830 uses negative feedback Peter. The stock radio measures -35dB
on SSB voice. Driver and PA tube condx is important also.
>
>To get carrier rejection, the balanced modulator is normally run at a
>reasonably high level of drive, so the IMD can't be neglected there.
>Neither
>can the 3td order IMD of the audio stages. Then there's the
>compressor, and
>all the subsequent signal processing in the tx. Usually, you make the
>PA the
>dominant IM producer, but if your design spec is -25dB on tone (-31dB
>rel
>PEP), then exciter IMP's of around -35dB to -40dB rel to 1 tone of a 2
>tone
>signal are adequate. If you want -46dB relative to tone out of the
>system,
>you probably will end up limited by the exciter portion before the
>6146.
>
>If signal levels into the SSB filter are around 0dBm, (220mV in 50
>ohms)
>then you can typically expect about 60dB down IMD products from the
>filter
>alone. Interestingly, my measurements (admittedly some years ago)
>showed
>that you could expect 3rd order products between 60 and 70dB down at
>200mV
>rms per tone pretty much regardless of filter impedance - I went from
>50
>ohms to 2K ohms on a number of filters, and they all tended to turn
>in
>similar results.
The +10dBM signal out of the transverter port of the TS-830 measures
right around -50dB IMD. That and the very low phase noise is the reason
I went with the TS-830 as a VHF/UHF IF platform.
>
>So there's a real question of how far it's worth going on PA
>linearity........in any case, IMP's of around 60 dB down could get
>drowned
>in the phase noise, as well as the 'wide band' noise of the low level
>stages.
Is it worth going beyond -40dB on HF ? Or even -20 during a contest !
73 Carl KM1H
>
>73
>
>Peter G3RZP
>
>
>
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