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Re: [TenTec] The Titan IIII ????

To: ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net, "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] The Titan IIII ????
From: "Martin Ewing" <martin.s.ewing@gmail.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:12:00 -0500
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I take your point, except it's hard to imagine 100% duty cycle CW...  Unless
your weighting is a lot different from mine.  ;-)

73 Martin AA6E

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:14 PM, Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>wrote:

>
> >  a true legal limit 1500 watts amp.
> >
> >
> >
> There are various interpretations of what a true legal limit 1500 watt
> amplifier is. To some that means it can produce 1500 watts peak in SSB
> service, but less in CW or RTTY service. Others say it is true legal
> limit if it can put out 1500 watts for a short period of time, like a
> minute with 5 or 10 minutes of idle time, in CW or RTTY mode. And there
> are those (myself included) who insist it is not a full legal limit
> amplifier unless it can put out 1500 watts in high duty cycle, nearly
> 100% duty cycle, RTTY or CW contesting. There are a lot of people who
> stick with tube amplifiers, because few if any of the solid state
> offerings are true full legal limit 1500 watt amplifiers by that
> definition. If Ten-Tec made one, it would be one of the few available,
> and if the price was comparable to similarly capable tube amps, it might
> sell a bunch.
>
> DE N6KB
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Martin Ewing, AA6E
Branford, CT
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