At 12:53 PM 12/13/97 K5PC wrote:
>>I currently have a standard configuration G.G. 4-1000A amp. My max. drive
>>available is 100 watts. It has a very good tuned input circuit, and the
>>output is 1550 watts with 6000 volts on the plate @ 740 ma IP, which is
>>the design limit for the tube.
AG6K wrote:
>1550w-out/4440w-in is 35% efficiency.
>Rich...
K5PC wrote:
Sorry...typo...440ma IP is the best my 100 watt exciter will do with 6000
volts
on the plate. The efficiency is 58% because the B&W 850A tank coil is not
correct for a plate load this high. I have found that it takes 130 watts of
drive
to get to 1500 watts out at an EP of 3000 volts.
(((73)))
Phil, K5PC
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