[Amps] QEX May/June 2014 amplifier article

[Bill Turner]

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On 5/17/2014 7:38 AM, Alan Ibbetson wrote:
> May I timidly ask if anyone here can fathom the purpose of the article 
> on page 14 of the current ARRL QEX magazine? It describes an amplifier 
> using a high voltage IGBT which is operated for 600 cycles of 20MHz RF 
> once every 50ms. The magazine uses the by-line "A Forum for 
> Communications Experimenters" but I can't see what use this amplifier 
> is for communications. Do I just lack imagination?
>
> Of course, if I was interested in building an over the horizon radar 
> then this article might seem more relevant.
>
> 73, Alan G3XAQ
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REPLY:

It's for people who talk really fast. Mostly from New York. :-)

73, Bill W6WRT
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