[AMPS] 3CX800

[amps@txrx.demon.co.uk (Steve Thompson)]

-----Original Message-----
From: Radiodan W7RF <radiodan@mediaone.net>
To: Peter Chadwick <Peter_Chadwick@mitel.com>; 'amps'
<amps@contesting.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Date: 14 June 1999 19:50
Subject: RE: [AMPS] 3CX800



Peter G3RZP wrote:

>
> Are these tubes delicate? The local radio club has a 2m
amp with one; the
> standing current has dropped by a half, and the RF output
is way down.
> Suspicion is that it got over driven: the amp has no
protection. Are they
> easy to damage by overdrive?
>


Delicate?
Only a 4 watt grid dissipation! Better not make ANY mistakes
at all with
this tube!

It is one of today's answers to "how do I make it smaller
and cheaper or get
more profit out of it" amplifiers. Or "gee why can't I have
a 2KW amplifier
in the size of a cigar box?"

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Or could it be that it's designed to have low grid
intercept?

Steve


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