[Amps] Alpha vs Henry

[Roger (sub1)]

On 4/4/2011 10:44 PM, Bill, W6WRT wrote:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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> On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:17:23 -0400, "Roger (sub1)"
> <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com>  wrote:
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>> , a true 1500 watt
>> amp needs to be capable of nearly twice that to hold together.
> REPLY:
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> That doesn't make sense. If it can't "hold together" at 1500 watts, it
> is not a "true" 1500 watt amp.

And if that is the case there are a lot of amps being sold that either 
don't make sense, or are using false advertising.
Do 4 811As running 800 watts make sense?  How about 8877s with anemic 
power supplies that will hit 1500 pep in casual conversation, but won't 
last through a contest? How about a pair of 3-500s running 1500 watts 
from an amp you can carry under one arm?  It'll run the legal limit, but 
not for long on digital or contesting.  The 8877 and 3-500 examples are 
legal limit amps, but they won't do it all modes key down or even SSB in 
contesting.

So I stick with the above statement. If you want it to hold up 
contesting, or any other mode using a high duty cycle then it needs to 
be able to do almost twice that ICAS.

73

Roger (K8RI)

> 73, Bill W6WRT
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