[Amps] What Do you think?

[Fuqua, Bill L]

  Was the tube's plate glowing. If it was a solid cherry red it should be dissipating a good 1kW which means that 
it is putting out about 750 Watts. Your statement about heat it was putting out got my attention. Perhaps the 
Bird Watt meter was one of those re-calibrated CB ones. Which tube does it come with? A 3-1000Z is a lot more
valuable than a 4-1000A and would require less drive as well at that plate voltage as well if I recall. 

73
Bill wa4lav

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Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 5:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [Amps] What Do you think?

Something is wrong with the numbers. 3500 V at 500 mA is 1750 watts DC
input. If you were measuring 1500 watts RF output, that would be an
efficiency of about 86%, which is impossible with a class AB linear
and highly unlikely even if operated class C.

I would recheck the meter calibration before buying.

73, Bill W6WRT


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On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 18:43:45 +0000, you wrote:

>I'm interested in buying a home built amp using two 3-1000 (or 4-1000 i dont remember which). I had the opportunity to try it. HV is at 3500 volt under load, and the Ip meter goes to 1 amp,  I drove it to about 500 ma
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>It displayed over 1500 watts on a bird 4410 meter into a tri band antenna with no surprises. it just sat there looking good. This thing appears to be well built. it covers 10 thru 80 meters
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>The power supply (full wave with two big oil caps) with blower is in a separate cabinet under the RF deck. Its similar to the older Henry amps. And very quiet. The only thing I wasn't ready for is the amount of heat it gave off WHEW! The guy is asking $900
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>What do you all think?
>
>Arnie
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>Kd6cz
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