[RTTY] Tuner for High Power RTTY

[Bill Turner]

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On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:26:34 -0400, you wrote:


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>Hi Gang,
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>I am looking for suggestions for a tuner that can handle RTTY contesting at 1500 watts on 40 meters (only). I have a Drake MN-2000, but I don't think that it can handle the average 5 second XMIT - 3 second RECV in a contesting environment.
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>(Just finishing a Class E, 40 meter, solid state amp project for RTTY. It has so far produced 1850 watts into a Bird 2500 watt dummy load for 30 minutes continuous.)
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>Any suggestions or ideas? Thanks.
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>Rick W1TY/W2RTY

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Interesting project, Rick. What impedances are you trying to match? Or
are you looking for more of a bandpass filter?

Does the amp do other bands besides 40 meters?

Bill, W6WRT