[Amps] Pair of SB-220s

[Paul Decker]

There is no reason that I know of it wouldn't and couldn't work.  Like others have said, many VHF and some HF solid state amps use this method.   You could have multiple splitters/combiners for various bands and switch them in/out when changing bands (manual or automatic).  As far as using coax for the splitters/combiners, that's a lot of coax on 80 meters! 



The other thing though is the power is divided between the two, so if you are using a 100 watt exciter, only 50 watts is getting to each amp, I think you might need more drive to see any noticeable power increase.   On the other hand, at 500 - 600 watts out each, that method would increase the key-down time for full duty cycle modes. 




Paul  (KG7HF) 




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Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:39:41 -0500 
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Subject: [Amps] Pair of SB-220s 
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Not saying anybody WOULD,,,,,,,,,,, but if you COULD..... 
parallel a pair of SB-220s on a single band ?