[Amps] Solid State HF High power linear amps

Steve Thompson g8gsq at ic24.net
Tue Mar 29 02:14:05 EST 2005


Dr. William J. Schmidt, II wrote:
> I personally have gravitated towards 2SC2879's, MRF120's, and
> MRF455's for the car... the 2SC2879's are 14 VDC devices and are
> super dirt cheap in quantity.... even from a high-buck place like RF
> Parts. 
> 
> A buddy of mine, K0UM is in the process of building a 48 VDC MRF150
> amp for his car... using a voltage quadrupler of a simple design (now
> I say simple, knowing full well he owns a power supply design
> company).  The higher voltage devices have better efficiency.

It's probably not long until 36V car electrics become commonplace.

Steve


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