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Re: [Amps] [Moon-net] 4CX250B in P-P 2m?

To: "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kirkby@onetel.net>,"amps@contesting.com" <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] [Moon-net] 4CX250B in P-P 2m?
From: Bill Fuqua <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:01:17 -0500
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I have two with a pair of 4CX250Bs. But they are in parallel not 
push-pull.  There was an article in the Handbook using copper pipe to make 
a push pull  amplifier 30 or 45 years ago. But those were the days of 1kW 
plate input limits.

73
Bill wa4lav


At 06:51 PM 3/31/2006 +0100, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
>SM6CKU wrote:
> > Hello guys
> > Anyone knowing about a 2m kW amplifier in push-pull with 2x4CX250B?
> > A friend of mine is asking....
> > 73 de Ben
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>
>Yes, I know it would be *seriously* over-run. The maximum anode voltage is 
>2 kV
>and the maximum anode current per tube is 250 mW. So a pair of tubes 
>should take
>no more than 1 kW of input power.
>
>So needless to say, even if the 2 kW is input rather than output, it is at 
>least
>2x over the tubes specs.
>
>Or perhaps your fiend has found a way of getting 200% efficiency and so 
>getting
>2 kW out with only 1 kW in.
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