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Peter,
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I almost fell back in my chair laughing when I read this. I
swear I've heard this guy or a similar type on 80 and 160
meter AM using a converted surplus broadcast transmitter
in "lock to talk" conversation.
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[side bar idea]
A novel thought would be to have a small computer
monitoring large size amplifier operation, which would
reduce excessive - "gross" - abusive power levels over
some selected length of time.
I'm sure much of the processor overhead in some of
the high dollar amateur amplifiers could be available for
such additional tasks if not already doing said.
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cheers
skipp
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From: Peter Chadwick <Peter.Chadwick@zarlink.com>
However, years ago I worked at a firm that made ham
gear as well as 'professional' stuff. One customer, an
old chap, who must have been in his mid 70's, had trouble
with his amp blowing up. So they sat him down in the service
department and got him to tune it. He switched to transmit,
raised the drive until the PA plate meter read half scale,
and then, I kid you not, proceeded to fill and light his pipe!
Having got that smoking like a hard working Union Pacific
Big Boy on Sherman Mountain, he then started the tune
up procedure - very slowly, and stopping to read the book
after every adjustment.
I doubt that even Rich's pulser would have helped enough
in that case!
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