[RTTY] RTTY Capable Amp

[Anthony W. DePrato]

At 07:24 PM 12/30/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>my question would be how much power to safely run with a TA-33??    Ive been
>runing 400 to 500 wts and it seems to be ok....thus far..
>Im sure a kw would be pushing it, a lot...
>any thoughts on this?
>thanks  john w8wej
My thoughts would be, look at the cw rating on your tribander and then half 
that. the duty cycle of cw is half of what rtty is.. rtty and AM are 
running at the same duty rating..100% if a TA 33 is rated at  700watts cw 
then 300 or 400 rtty would be the max  i would want to use. it all depends 
if the trap startes arcing and you get carbon tracking inside . is it worth 
the price of a new trap or antenna and time taking one down and putting the 
new one up..
73 Tony wa4jqs