[Amps] Overdrive protection

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 7/27/2012 12:08 PM, Jerry Kaidor wrote:
> Back in the late 70's I had access to some very good test equipment - I
> was working as a bench tech in an instrument shop.   I would bring in my
> ham rigs to play.  On the spectrum analyzer I would see a fundamental
> and a forest of spurii.  Turning down the drive, the fundamental would go
> down, and the spurii would generally remain the same.  Thus I came to the
> conclusion that for the best cleanliness - in terms of dB - it was best to
> run an exciter at or near its rated power.  Maybe that's changed....

That's one of those, "It all depends". Like other topics, some do and 
some don't.

73

Roger (K8RI)


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