[BULK] - RE: [BULK] - Re: [Amps] Mod xmfr

[Joe Isabella]

Interesting -- learn something new every day.  I didn't know you could do that!!  How did you
plate modulate the driver stage??

Joe
--- Steve Katz <stevek at jmr.com> wrote:

> The Valiant had a low-power output option, using just the driver stage to
> drive the T-bolt, since the T-bolt was actually made for use with the Ranger
> and Valiant.  The 20W or so from the driver was enough to run the T-bolt at
> about 1 kW DC input, which was legal limit back in those days, and about all
> the power the T-bolt could run, anyway!  For all its heft, it really wasn't
> that powerful...only the person carrying it around had to be :)
> 
> 73,
> 
> Steve WB2WIK/6
> 
> "Nobody needs more than 640k!" -Bill Gates, 1982
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Joe Isabella [SMTP:n3ji at yahoo.com]
> > Sent:	Monday, October 11, 2004 3:05 PM
> > To:	Amps
> > Subject:	[BULK] - RE: [BULK] - Re: [Amps] Mod xmfr
> > 
> > Wow!!  You must've had to swamp the heck out of the Valiant to drive the
> > T-bolt!!  Even a Ranger
> > needs swampped.  It is kind of funny though: my SS rig AND power supply
> > weighs less than 20 lbs. 
> > Then I drive a 200 lb. amp with it...
> > 
> > Joe, N3JI
> > 
> > --- Steve Katz <stevek at jmr.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > I know, I know...  I've got a VikingII/HQ-170 paired up.  There is
> > > > something that equals more than
> > > > the sum of the parts while operating the vintage gear.
> > > > 
> > > > //Like maybe when I had a Valiant, Thunderbolt and SX-101A.  This
> > little
> > > > setup weighed 430 lbs total, over three chassis.  Great fun when
> > moving
> > > > the stuff around a lot.  Like Wonder Bread, it helped build strong
> > bodies
> > > > 8 ways. -WB2WIK/6
> > > > 
> > > > Joe, N3JI
> > > > 
> > > > 
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