[TenTec] din connector, etc. - AMP Keying

Jim Brown k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com
Wed Sep 24 18:43:14 EDT 2014


On Wed,9/24/2014 2:33 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> Ha ha, I knew you would shoot me down with that, Jim.
> And you are right.
> But of course it's not a full power amp, is it?

Neither is the Centurion -- it's 1 kW CW, 1.3kW PEP. :)  2dB more power 
than the KPA500. In favor of the Centurion, it's a tube amp, so it will 
likely be cleaner than the KPA, which is solid state.

I recently bought a used ACOM 1010 that K6SRZ had brought home from a 
DXpedition. It's 500W CW, 800W PEP, runs on 120V or 240V, and does not 
have QSK. I bought it because it's a tube amp (4CX800), so it should be 
a bit cleaner than the KPA500, and that matters when we set up two 
stations on the same band for California QSO Party county expeditions.

73, Jim K9YC


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