Carl,
>1500W nominal on all bands with 100W drive. 10M may be a bit lower if
>the customer installed the input assy. In reality, the amp will usually
>do 1800W + on most bands.
>A real stable amp that was never marketed correctly.
Sound just like my amp. We've used a few of the 3CX800 amps here, and
you just can't let them out of your sight. The Viewstar has been trouble-
free here.
However, it HAS inflicted damage on some of my other gear. Dunno if the
manual notes this, but the damn T/R relay is 120VDC!!! I had forgotten
about this, and zorched the amp keying relay in a IC-756, as well as the
PTT input on a Timewave DSP-599. I've fixed that now with $10 of
switching transistors, but PEOPLE SHOULD WATCH OUT!
Dunno if the B&W version had the same T/R relay.
73,
Dave/K8CC
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