With AM modulation the plate voltage doubles with 100% modulation so peak
envelope power is increased by a factor of 4.
With the plate modulated AM transmitter having an efficiency around 70% or
so, with 1 kw carrier input that would produce around 700 watts carrier out.
With full modulation the voltage of the signal would double so the peak
envelope power would increase by 4 times. That would put the peak envelope
power at 2800 watts out.
The old 1 kw rated tuner should easily handle 1500 watts PEP.
The 275 watt tuner, used with a 275 watt input rig should put out 192 watts
of carrier (275x.7) and the Peak envelope power out would be 4 times that or
768 watts.
73
Gary K4FMX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of jim Jarvis
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:16 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Johnson Matchbox
>
>
> TT, Some added thoughts on this:
>
> The Johnson matchboxes were rated at a time when the FCC power rules
> were based on
> INPUT power, not output. So, the 275W version matched the specs for
> the Valiant, and
> the KW version matched the specs for the Johnson KW. Our present
> rules limit OUTPUT.
>
> It was common to run open wire line at high vswr, and sometimes coax
> at 5:1 vswr in those
> days, and the matchboxes were significantly overbuilt to handle the
> high voltages involved.
> This gives us headroom.
>
> These days, we tend to operate more in 50 ohm systems, and the peak
> voltages are much
> lower. Still, the capacitor spacing should withstand several
> thousand volts easily. And the
> coil conductor size and spacing were appropriate to much higher peak
> voltages, and higher
> average power than present day SSB or CW would present.
>
> I remember a discussion about the peak power present in a DSB AM
> signal, vs SSB suppressed
> carrier, long time ago. It said something like there was 4x the
> peak in the AM as compared with
> SSB. Intuitively, this doesn't seem right. For equal power
> output, the PEAK voltages should be
> the same... but the average power in the signal envelope would be 4x
> higher in the AM signal.
> (or something like that.) Anybody care to enlighten me?
>
> OH... and the practical solution of ... 'crank it up til you smell a
> problem' still sounds about right.
> I wouldn't expect the 275W matchbox to handle 1500w, however.
>
> N2EA
>
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