[Amps] Fw: Good amp to buy /amp notes

Alek Petkovic vk6apk at bigpond.com
Sat Jan 30 02:00:54 PST 2010


Thanks Jim.

That means 6kV should see it singing merrily.

73, Alek
VK6APK


At 05:44 PM 30/01/2010, Jim Thomson wrote:


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>From: "Alek Petkovic" <vk6apk at bigpond.com>
>Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 1:15 AM
>To: "Jim Thomson" <Jim.thom at telus.net>; <amps at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [Amps] Fw: Good  amp to buy /amp notes
>
>>At 05:04 PM 30/01/2010, Jim Thomson wrote:
>>>## for a good hb amp... the 3CX-3000A7  is superb.   The  225 
>>>watt  CCS grid can be used as
>>>a dummy load for ur  200 w xcvr !  IMD is superb.   50 watts of 
>>>drive = 1.5 kw out   100 w of
>>>drive = 2.5 kw out, etc.  Since the grid is bonded to the cold 
>>>chassis, actual CCS grid diss is a lot
>>>more than 225 W.
>>
>>
>>G'day Jim
>>
>>What sorta anode volts did you run to get those output figures?
>>
>>I have a known good 3CX3000A7 pull here as well as the filament 
>>tranny and perhaps one day. . . . . .
>>
>>73, Alek.
>>
>###   4800-5200 vdc  under load.. cxr.          Aprx     5500-5700 
>vdc  no load.
>
>##  150= 3.5        200=5.2
>
>later... Jim   VE7RF


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