[Amps] drive power

[Tom W8JI]

> I understand that my 100-w tranceiver should be run at 
> maximum output to the amp input.  Apparently, this 
> requires a grounded-grid setup to accomodate the 
> relatively high drive level.   Yet there seems to be many 
> amps that are grid-driven that require very small amounts 
> of drive power.  Are these amps not designed to be used 
> modern transceivers?  Are they commonly driven by homebrew 
> low-power exciters?

If an amp requires very low drive and is driven by a 100 
watt exciter, it is a very poor system.

Sometimes people think it improves distortion, but it often 
does just the opposite.

73 Tom