[Amps] Henry 3K-A

[Richard]

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>> EUR  We ain't supposed to talk about that, because then people would 
>> realize that there are big boys who run somewhat more than 1400w during 
>> contests and DX pileups.  When I was running the 20db 
>> tetrode-with-handles amplifier, people used to ask me why their S-meter 
>> went up 10db more than when I switched to my SB-220.  When I answered the 
>> question,  some dudes became real-foamy angry. 
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>	::Hmph.  No sense of humor.  

€  One guy called me a damn liar because "no Ham would ever admit to 
running one of those".

>When I had the dual 4CX1500 amp on the
>air back in the late 1970's it picked up 17dB over a 100W exciter and people
>would ask about that sometimes.  I always attributed it to propagation
>changes.  
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€  I attributed my signal to a 562w filament transformer.
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>> --   Never use more power than needed to communicate . . . on top of a 
>> jammer dog-pile.  
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>> Due to its high DC anode potential, a 3K-A can deliver 2k PEP.  
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>	::It sure can.  I know, I've owned 3K-A's and several other Henry
>amps.  Got tired of all the knob cranking (band switching from 160 to 10 can
>be painful, I think it might cause arthritis in those not already having
>symptoms).  But I still miss the old 4K Ultra, it was a very neat amp.

An incredible mechanical design.

>Although even the 4K Ultra, with three huge panel meters sitting atop its
>console, didn't have a "relative output power" indicator of any type.
>Typical Henry.  
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For an AB1 grid-driven amplifier, no RF out indicator is needed because 
the tuning is done with the screen meter, so at least Henry got it right 
once on their 4K-2.
cheers, Steve

-  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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