Agreed, it is no trivial task :) One could say that it is a bit more complex
than designing the RF deck it self :)
If I may be so bold, Doctor, what kind of Ph.D. you are ?
Alex, N2NNU
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If we can accept the notion that GUNS are
the killers and not the people, why is it that
we can not accept the idea that CARS are
the speeders and not the drivers?
Alex, trying to understand the world around.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Kirkby" <drkirkby@ntlworld.com>
To: "Ian White, G3SEK" <g3sek@ifwtech.com>
Cc: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [AMPS] Transformer Current ratings
>
> "Ian White, G3SEK" wrote:
>
> > >I'd would be _very_ interested in such a design :)
> >
> > Me too!
>
> There was a design for a high voltage (~ 2 kV) SMPS in an old issue of
QEX - the
> ARRL's technical journal. I don't know if it is possible to search (or
perhaps
> even find the article online at the ARRL web site). I can't recall the
exact
> power level, but it was only a couple of kW or so. This was about 5 or
possibly
> 10 years ago.
>
> I did contemplate trying to design a larger (10 kW) SMPS, but came to the
> conclusion it would be a nice thing to do if my employer was paying for
the
> inevitable blown up components. One can't go too far wrong with a simple
> transformer/rectifier, but I think building a switch mode supply is a
different
> matter altogether.
> --
> Dr. David Kirkby Ph.D,
> email: drkirkby@ntlworld.com
> former email address: davek@medphys.ucl.ac.uk
> web page: http://www.david-kirkby.co.uk/
> Amateur radio callsign: G8WRB
>
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