[Amps] Even more power solid-state amp's

[Dr. William J. Schmidt, II]

<<In addition, the solid state amplifiers can be replaced without any need 
to go off the air. >>

A major plus when broadcasting time can command hundreds of thousands of 
dollars per minute.

Some amps even have fail over modes and spare cards just for that purpose... 
no loss of output.

Sincerely,

Dr. William J. Schmidt, II  K9HZ
Trustee of the North American QRO - Central Division Club - K9ZC

Email: bill at wjschmidt.com
WebPage: www.wjschmidt.com

"If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee; that 
will do them in."  -- Bradley's Bromide


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Subich, K4IK" <k4ik at subich.com>
To: <craxd1 at ezwv.com>; <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Even more power solid-state amp's


>
> Will writes:
>
>> I cant figure them using them. One big amp I seen was a
>> cabinet with maybe 100 cards in it. Each card had maybe 2-4
>> push pull amp assemblies on it (or what it looked like to
>> me). When they repair one, they pull out a card or two of the
>> bad ones and put a new one(s) in their place. To me, I'd soon
>> to have 1-2 big steel tubes instead that rats nest of all
>> those cards, but that's the way their wanting to go.
>
> The TV transmitters typically run 50 KW peak power (Sync & black).
> A few will go to 100 KW, generally with two 50 KW transmitters
> in parallel.  The cards are typically two amplifiers (50 Volt)
> in push-pull/parallel providing about 1600 watts per card and
> there are 32 to 48 cards per cabinet.
>
> The real advantage of the solid state "cards" is soft fail
> capability.  If one transistor is lost power output falls
> 3-5%.  If a single tube fails, the station is down to 50%
> power at best.  In addition, the solid state amplifiers can
> be replaced without any need to go off the air.
>
> 73,
>
>   ... Joe, K4IK
>
>
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