[Amps] A tale of two IMs What happens?

[Roger]

Bill, W6WRT wrote:
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> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:04:06 -0700, "Jim Thomson" <Jim.thom at telus.net>
> wrote:
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>   
>>  What if the amp has an IM of -55db?
>> Do they add, subtract, or go with the lowest number? 
>>
>> ##  they go to the lowest number.  A  -30 db pep imd  xcvr, driving a -57db pep
>> 3CX-3000A7  will result in  -30db imd  at the very best...and  -28db  at the very
>> worse.  
>>     
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> REPLY:
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> Isn't that the HIGHEST number?
>   
It's the lowest number that indicates the highest distortion products 
which are down the the least of the two numbers from the output. <:-))

73

Roger (K8RI)
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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