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Subject: [AMPS] tuning capacitor & insulator
From: km1h@juno.com (km1h@juno.com)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:59:51 -0500


On Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:58:16 +0000 "Ian White, G3SEK"
<G3SEK@ifwtech.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>Rich Measures wrote:
>
>>>and last ,i'm looking for a high power amp 
>>>for 2 meter ssb ( 500 + out put) any body 
>>>want to sell one? 
>>
>>A pair of 4cx250Rs in parallel, self-contained, designed and built by 
>
>>yours truly.  20db gain.  Class AB1.  About 1000pep watts out on SSB. 
>   
>>designed for10w pep drive.  The built in 2200v power supply is not 
>>suitable for FM, RTTY or A0.  $100 plus ups.  120v/20a.  Must be 
>tuned up 
>>with a keyer sending 50wpm dits, or with a tuning pulser.  
>
>The gain is right - and by goodness the price is certainly right -
>but expect no more than 500W PEP of *linear* SSB. Otherwise expect to
>lose a lot of friends.
>
>No criticism of Rich's particular design; the limitation is in the 
>tubes
>themselves.


I bit my tounge on that one Ian!  I'll even push it to 600W but a KW SSB
is Lidsville on VHF from any pair of the 4CX250 series.
Now, if it was upgraded to Svetlana 4CX400A's 1200W is clean.

73  Carl  KM1H




>
>73 from Ian G3SEK          Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
>                          'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
>                           http://www.ifwtech.demon.co.uk/g3sek
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