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73 From The Signal In The Noise
Caveat Lector Ya All
"Ed Cregger" wrote in message
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Like you, I used the tuner in the rig as a flattener, although the
mismatch
between rig and amp was not enough to worry with anyway.

Tis true -- not a problem if you have an Transceiver with an ATU

Why anyone would want to run more than 100 watts on 24 MHz is a mystery to
me. If the band is open, 5 watts will generally do the trick. If the band
isn't open, full legal limit power won't help. Self induced backscatter
doesn't begin until much higher power levels. We won't go there.

Agreed -- Yes but the band is not always open -- in an off year of the Solar
cycle -- the band to Europe was only open for a very short period -- about
15 minutes. I worked a DL and he sed I was his first W6 contact on 12M in
six months -- sed the timing was just right. But took the AL-80B full bore
for him to hear me.

Yep, you're right about the Heathkit and other old amps.

Ed Cregger
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And this from one who works 5W, 100 W, and a Kiowatt when needed
and I have DXCC-QRP so I know the drill.
So linears have their place.

Especially for weak signal work where the DX just can't coopy you in the
noise.


"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
news:T5L7b.33602$S_.17720@fed1read01...
Yep I have a AL-80B and it tunes sort of OK on the WARC bands.
Problem is Ameritron AL-80A and B has one tuned input circuit for both
10M
and 12M
And another single circuit for 15 and 17M
And another for 20/30M
And they are a compromise
So you may have VSWR from exciter to linear input
I Asked Ameritron about this and they confirmed it.
But my ATU in the exciter compensates very well -- so no problem.

I found the AL-80B's exclusive Dynamic ALC - to be a nightmare -- so
modded mine to be an AL-80A

I didn't mean to imply big linears for 30 M as it is limited to max 200
Watts out.
Just mentioning (not too well hi hi) that WARC bands include 30 Meters
But My Ameritron is labeled 20/30 Meters, so perhaps one might use a
linear
to get 200 Watts -- I never do, however.

some amps won't tune on the WARC bands ---- I was referring to old
amps
like Heathkit, Kenwood and others that do not tune the WARC Bands

A ham here frazzled a Kenwood amp trying to horse it to 12M
Caveat Old Linear

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73 From The Signal In The Noise
Caveat Lector Ya All
"Ed Cregger" wrote in message
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Maybe some amps won't tune on the WARC bands, but my Ameritron AL-80A
tunes
up just fine on 18 and 24 MHz.

I can't see how anyone could use an amp on thirty meters, unless they
were
running something like an FT-817 as an exciter.

Ed Cregger


"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
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I and many many other Hams would not consider selling a linear to a
non-ham, so -- I so informed him -- he reposted with his
allsign --
I'll
bet he gets lots more responses now

And he didn't specify power or bands and as I sed many older linears
don't
cover the WARC bands.

So all that was helpful (agree?)

Your response was not.

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73 From The Signal In The Noise
Caveat Lector Ya All
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" Are you just trying to start an arguement?? I can see nothing in
his
original post that would cause me to think he was a CB'er. Just
because
he
didn't post his callsign? Stop playing newsgroup cop and go away.
I
don't
care if you go away mad, just go away.