Hello John:
My Hercules II needs a little less than 25 watts to go full pwr which is
500 watts. 73s de KJ4ZM Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Nason / NA9U" <na9u@arrl.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Tuner and amp
> 40 watts is all I need to drive my Ameritron amp to
> full power. I think the Ten Tec amps take more input
> power by design.
>
> 73,
> John NA9U
>
> --- Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com> wrote:
>
>> 50-75W input! Yikes! You must be describing a
>> grounded grid 3-500Z amp,
>> because my Alpha 99 would be "tuning up" at about 3
>> KW, I think, with
>> that much input power!
>>
>> 73, Duane
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:22:12 -0800 (PST) "James C.
>> Owen, III"
>> <k4cgy_list@yahoo.com> writes:
>> > Hi John,
>> > You don't need an ALC line from any linear when
>> using a
>> > ten-tec transceiver. Since the ALC adjustment on
>> the TT sets the
>> > maximum power that the transceiver will transmitt.
>> Just tune up
>> > the linear as normal with maybe 50-75 watts and
>> then adjust the
>> > ALC adjustment until the power output goes to
>> maximum and leave
>> > it there. At that point the linear has all the
>> drive it needs and
>> > the transceiver won't transmitt at a higher
>> level.
>> > 73 Jim K4CGY
>> >
>> > --- John Nason / NA9U <na9u@arrl.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Speaking of amps, I never found a way to feed
>> the ALC
>> > > line back from the amp to the O2. Is this
>> unecessary
>> > > on the O2? Do I keep missing it in the manual?
>>
>> > >
>> > > 73,
>> > > John NA9U
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
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>> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
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