Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 20:55:14 +0000
From: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
To: "amps@contesting.com" <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Sad State of the Hobby
<That's true and there is a reason for that. Building a legal limit
<solid state amp is not for beginners. A tube amp is much easier and
<more forgiving of rookie mistakes.
<Not to mention he would also have to build a set of harmonic filters
<and get an antenna tuner, neither of which is needed with a tube amp.
<FWIW.
<73, Bill W6WRT
## How are folks getting the RFI out of their surplus 50 vdc switching
supplies ??
The fellow on the ANAN group who designed their latest ANAN 8000 sez the
reason
they didnt use a 50 vdc supply is because there are no commercially, off the
shelf power
supplies that are clean enough. They all severely affected the delicate
RXs inside the xcvr.
So instead, they used a dc to dc converter, that converts 13.8 vdc to 50 vdc
.
## But you are correct about the SS legal limit amps. Nobody is
commercially making them
anyways. The best we see is stuff that barely runs ICAS on cw. The SPE
wont handle
processed SSB, nor 10 wpm CW, without dropping in power from 1.5 kw.... down
to 1 kw.
The latest amp from flex, has the fans screaming away at 1.5 kw cw
## Then you also require the myriad of switchable 1.5 kw rated LP filters,
like at least 6 of
em...and 7 if you include 6M.... and if done right, another mating 6-7 HP
filters if a diplexer
setup used. Then a mating 1.5 kw rated auto tuner.
AFAIK, there are no commercially made 1.5 kw rated RTTY SS ham amps
in existence.
## Simple tube amps make more sense. We have more surplus parts available
that can be used in
tube amps than back in the 70s and 80s. Plenty of vac caps, lytics etc. Wire
is cheap, as is cu tubing
from home depot.
Jim VE7RF
Jim VE7RF
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