[Amps] Power supply question

Jim Tonne Tonne at Comcast.net
Sun Apr 12 10:59:25 PDT 2009


Alex wrote in part:

> Peter Dahl, designed for me a PS transformer with 
> 6 separate secondaries, each one producing 400VDC after
> rectification. 

What a beautiful candidate for a pulse-width modulator for
AM or Kahn-method SSB!  That is precisely what the
500 kW shortwave transmitters by Continental do.  48
separate 700 volt supplies, all stacked in series.  Each
such supply has its own pulse-width modulator.

- Jim WB6BLD




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