[Amps] Defining CCS

[Jeff Blaine]

A few years back Alpha had a 9500 on display complete with brick and 
key.  But on close examination it was setup with a hidden keyer sending 
a string of dits.  I asked the guy about it and he said that there was a 
brick on the key and that was that.  I don't know if the amp would run 
key-down at limit but as a marketing guy myself I would have at least 
had some good believable answer for the curious - maybe "the amp will do 
the job but here at Hara we keep blowing their breaker if we don't use 
dits."   ha ha.

Happy New Year.

73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
www.ac0c.com

On 31-Dec-17 11:58 AM, Frank Kirschner wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 11:45 AM, <kstover at ac0h.net> wrote:
>
>> This was my understanding as well.
>> By those definitions there is no such thing as a "CCS" amateur amp. "No
>> Time Limit" is just marketing fluff.
>>
>> I thought there were several big amps that could operate at 1500 watts
> output with no time limit.  Alpha among others advertises as such.  The
> Alpha 87A has two 3CX800s, with a total of 1600 watts plate dissipation.
> It should be able to run 1500 watts out without limit.
>
> Or am I missing something?
>
> 73,
> Frank
> KF6E
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