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Old March 7th 07, 09:55 PM posted to rec.radio.cb
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Default Ham linear amp to audio conversion
On 7 Mar 2007 07:59:49 -0800, wrote in
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Can a linear ham amp be converted to an audio (guitar) amp?


Easy. Assuming the amp has a 50 ohm, unbalanced output:

Amplitude-modulate your audio, feed the amp's output through a balun
to make it balanced, followed by a full-wave bridge rectifier, then a
single-ended audio transformer (which also serves as an RF choke).

Impedance matching, however, is a big ball of very sticky wax.



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