Bob,
I appreciate your view of the events at hand - nice message.
73
-Eric
W9WLW
http://w9wlw.blogspot.com/ ;
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> From: Bob McGraw - K4TAX <RMcGraw@Blomand.net>
>To: k9yc@arrl.net; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 8:09 AM
>Subject: [TenTec] Tentec and Alpha is a good thing
>
>
>I agree with Jim on this point. One of the issues we face on the bands
>today is the crud generated largely by solid state amps. Be they the 100
>watt class, the 200 watt class or the 1KW class. We need cleaner
>transmitters and amps, not more power.
>
>The solid state amp, be it the PA in the radio or external, has a very hard
>knee where by it is quite clean up to a point and then breaching the crest,
>it goes extremely nasty. Thus the "nasty" is not what is heard on
>frequency, but what is produced as products likely distributed across the
>bands. Tube amps have a soft knee which makes the area much smoother and
>generates much less crud when slightly overdriven. This over drive issue is
>largely the result of the time constants in the ALC circuit of radios on the
>market today. Some are really bad and do not control peaks adequately.
>I've measured a couple of current models and found the ALC overshoot to be
>notably over 100 watts and one was found to be near 150 watts. With their
>internal solid state 100 watt PA's this spells trouble.
>
>We must realize the number of old amps on the air today, the SB-200's,
>SB-220's, TL-922's. L4-B's and a host of others. Hams are cheap and are not
>willing to invest by spending $3000 to $5000 for a new amp. Why do you
>think Tokyo High Power went out of business. Too expensive and not enough
>customers. Why the Titan discontinued? Too expensive and not enough
>customers.
>
>Regarding manufacturing, I think many would agree that any company would
>prefer to make a million pieces selling for $1 each as opposed to making one
>piece selling for a million dollars. There's very little profit in small
>volume production unless the mark-up is quite high or NASA is making the
>purchase. Thus why do we see the "less than $1000 transceivers" selling
>quite well? Why do you see all the products in the catalog from MFJ? It is
>PRICE vs. value vs. performance vs. quality.
>
>I personally view the merger/acquisition as a very positive move for both
>companies. Yes, there will be changes and likely ones we won't care for.
>After all, we typically are one that resist change. In the long run, I see
>it a very positive move. We just need to be prepared to accept change.
>
>73
>Bob, K4TAX
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Brown" <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 10:10 PM
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] TenTec and Alpha merger not a good thing
>
>
>> On 5/12/2014 11:20 AM, Chuck Gerarden wrote:
>>> 1. Why can't Alpha build a relaible 1KW+ solid state amp?
>>
>> They may not WANT to do so. At the price level of ham amplifiers, solid
>> state amps are at least 10 dB dirtier than tube amps.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
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