[Amps] (no subject)

[Peter Chadwick]

Tom said:
>People can't "hear" the distortion of a class C amp on frequency unless it is terribly bad. <
That's very true. I was told that the earliest RAF WW2 airborne VHF transceivers used a Class C grid leak biased PA with modulation on the driver stage. The distortion was considered 'acceptable'. Now, to me, all aircraft comms sound distorted anyway, so they probably wouldn't notice......
73
Peter G3RZP