[Amps] Price per Watt Conversation

Bill Turner dezrat at outlook.com
Sun Apr 23 01:18:31 EDT 2017


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On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 13:16:24 +0930, Leigh wrote:

>Solid-state QRO HF linear amps can be made to work very nicely particularly
>when conservatively driven and backed-off paralleled modules operating well
>clear of their 1 dB power compression points are combined and harmonic
>terminating diplexer LPF output filters are used to yield stable performance
>and good IMD specs.

REPLY:

I'm sure commercial manufacturers are well aware of this. The last
thing they want is a reputation for making lemons, a sure road to
bankruptcy.

The more likely issue, IMO, is homebrewers who do not understand the
subtleties and who do indeed make lemons.

73, Bill W6WRT


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