[Amps] History of AMPS

[Keith Dutson]

The positive side to this is you got to choose from 18 responses.  And you
did not have to wade through a bunch of senseless arguments to do so.

73, Keith NM5G

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From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of kenw2dtc
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:59 PM
To: Tom W8JI; Clint Talmadge; Bob Alexander
Cc: Amps Reflector
Subject: Re: [Amps] History of AMPS

W5CPT said: "On the Yahoo Amp Reflector I got 8 to 10 messages a day that
dealt with the minutia of amp design that few Hams would consider
significant to Amp Use"

Interesting observation. Last week I posed this question on this reflector: 
"If one were to build a class "A" RF tube amplifier capable of producing an
AM signal of 375 watts carrier and 1500 watts PEP, what would be the plate
dissipation required by the tube? (I know how stupid and inefficient this
is, but I really would like an answer)"

In my mind the question needed just a simple answer of plate dissipation
such as 3000 or 4000 or 5000 watts etc. Instead, I was taken off subject to
plate modulating an AL-1200, 4-1000 modulators, Viking Rangers, the use of
the FT-101EE etc.

Of the 18 responders only two guys answered the question: The first guy said
700-800 watts and the second guy said 3000 watts. I'm not going to submit
the same question to the Yahoo Amp Reflector, but based on the 18 responses,
I'm not sure about submitting future questions to this one either.

73,

Ken W2DTC

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