[Amps] al-1200 question

[Steve Katz]

To be legit, you'll only pick up 3dB, so not sure if this is going to be
exactly the pileup buster you had hoped.  Actually, the 1000MP runs >100W
output, anyway, especially on CW where you don't have to worry about
splatter and distortion created when it's cranked up (as is the problem with
SSB).  Every MP I've ever used will hit 150W output.  If yours will, too,
then you're really talking about a miniscule increase in power on 30m.

But to address the original question: The AL1200 will definitely work on
30m.  Use the 20m bandswitch position and the autotuner in the MP, and
you're there.  Of course, to remain legal you'll have to crank the power of
the MP quite far down...like to 20W or so.

WB2WIK/6

"Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem." --
Henry Kissinger

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Steve Litwins [SMTP:litwins@badsector.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, March 07, 2002 11:06 AM
> To:	amps@contesting.com
> Subject:	[Amps] al-1200 question
> 
> Hi all;
> Has anybody ever tried to tune an al-1200 or an lk-500z on 30 meters, 10
> Mhz?  Easy guys...this is a legit question.  I know abt the 200 w pwr
> limit
> etc.  I use an MP.  100 watts on 30m leaves me in the pile sometimes for
> hours.  It occurred to me that if I cld drive one of my amps on 30 meters,
> I
> cld maybe get 200 watts and that 3db might shorten the length of time
> spent
> in 30 meter piles.  I have a very good antenna for 30 meters, several in
> fact, so other than investing in a routable array for 30m, I probably will
> not get too mny dbs extra from the antenna farm.
> There may be other suggestions here as well...so fire away guys, pse let
> me
> know what u think on this...73/dx
> steve, k8wk
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