[AMPS] Kenwood ts2000 driving a G2DAF amp

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Fri, 3 Aug 2001 07:15:20 -0700


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>> >I don't understand what G2DAF has to do with this? Please explain?
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>> The three G2DAF amplifiers that I've measured on the air had IMD of no
>> better than -22db below PEP.  Eimac says that tetrodes need regulated
>> screen voltage for best linearity.  The DAF uses wildly fluctuating
>> screen-V.
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>If so, the G2DAF invention from the fifties or sixties is about as good or 
>bad as the fairly new Kenwood TS2000.

//   Wow!   This is c. 11db more IMD than the Kenwood TS-440S.  Did you 
measure the IMD yourself?  If so, please describe how you measured it.  

cheers, Einar
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