ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:49:18 -0800, "Jim Thomson" <Jim.thom at telus.net> wrote: > ## why cook the tube /xfmr/ant/ and everything else, if ssb is going to be used ? REPLY: If the difference between pulse tuning and full carrier tuning is going to "cook" your amp, you need to rethink the power capability of your amp. :-) 73, Bill W6WRT