No I have not measured it. Someone on this list said that the TS2000 has
a lousy TX with IMD just a few figures better than 20db below pep.
I think the figures came from a British test of the radio.
Maybe Peter or Ian can help with the correct figures?
cheers Rich
Einar, SM3MXR
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> >2 wrote:
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> >> >
> >> >I don't understand what G2DAF has to do with this? Please explain?
> >> >
> >> The three G2DAF amplifiers that I've measured on the air had IMD of no
> >> better than -22db below PEP. Eimac says that tetrodes need regulated
> >> screen voltage for best linearity. The DAF uses wildly fluctuating
> >> screen-V.
> >
> >If so, the G2DAF invention from the fifties or sixties is about as good or
> >bad as the fairly new Kenwood TS2000.
>
> // Wow! This is c. 11db more IMD than the Kenwood TS-440S. Did you
> measure the IMD yourself? If so, please describe how you measured it.
>
> cheers, Einar
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