[Amps] The power of an oversized electrolytic capacitor /

[Carl]

For you folks that go on and on and on abt diminishing returns,  why don’t 
you toss the arrl book in the trash..and find out for yourselves.

later... Jim   VE7RF
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Since that is the only part of your statement that isnt a steady 
repeat....youre starting to remind me of Rich....here is my reply.

At say 2500VDC a 25V ripple is only 1%. Who can hear it, even as an AM 
linear? Sure another 10X reduction looks nice on a scope but our ears arent 
so sensitive.

Its the same with an audio amp, to a speaker or as a modulator. If the low 
level input signal is clean so will the output even if the ripple isnt as 
good in the amp.


IMD reduces a bit as regulation improves but how much?  Ive asked you this 
many times but never an answer.

With most store bought amps having 8-12% idle current  to full PEP 
regulation how much IMD improvement is there in each 1% improvement? The few 
tests Ive done here using the eyeball and then the Peak Hold method on the 
SA while inputting a voice track into the exciter shows under 1dB using a 
TS-940 and TS-950SD which have excellent IMD to start with....sometimes 
better than the amps published specs.

It also tells me what the RF speech processor contributes at various 
settings. I now have Ragchew and Pileup settings (-;

Carl
KM1H