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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