[AMPS] IMD measurement scheme

George T. Daughters gdaught6@leland.Stanford.EDU
Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:34:24 +0008


thanks to all who answered my combiner question!

> By the way, all radios are not cleaner at low power. Nearly all of 
> the solid state rigs I've tested get dirtier as the power level is 
> increased or decreased from a median value of power.
> Running a 100 watt radio at ten watts to drive a tetrode will 
> almost certainly make the signal trashier than running the 
> same radio at normal power.

it seems like the "schmutz" level stays pretty constant... so that 
often means that the "signal-to-schmutz" ratio goes down when the 
power output is reduced!

73,
George T. Daughters, K6GT

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