W5OMR/Geoff wrote:
Gary Schafer wrote:
A pair of 813s in GG are only good for 150 watts carrier out on AM.
73
Gary K4FMX
I'm not trying to start anything here, Gary, but that statement seems to
be in stark contrast to what you said, yesterday...
With an AM linear the efficiency at carrier must be / will be exactly
one half what it is at PEP. Provided it is tuned properly.
73
Gary K4FMX
What would the efficiency be of an AM Linear at carrier.
(or maybe I'm not reading this correctly, because I've yet to have
coffee this morning, and I -know- I probably should'n't be posting
messages in this state... ;-))
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73 = Best Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR
Hi Geoff,
Yes both statements are true. Remember that the PEP is 4 times the
carrier power with a 100% modulated AM signal. A pair of 813s are good
for about 600 watts PEP output. So that limits carrier power to 150
watts if 100% modulation is used.
You can squeeze a little more power out of the 813s but they start to
turn a little red. I have had a pair of 813s in grounded grid that I
built about 30 years ago. Tough tubes.
The "efficiency at carrier" that I was referring to is the efficiency of
the amplifier at the power level that the carrier runs when any
amplifier is set up for AM operation. Like the 813s, 600 watts PEP out
requires that the carrier be operated at 150 watts output.
If the amplifier has say 60% efficiency at the full PEP level then at
1/4 the power output the efficiency will be 1/2 of what it was at full
power or 30% in this case. This is not only true for AM operation but
for SSB operation as well.
As long as the amplifier is to remain linear this efficiency ratio must
exist. (see Orr's radio handbook. see "efficiency modulation")
If that efficiency ratio is not maintained then the amplifier is not
operating linearly. If you readjust the loading at carrier level to
increase the power then it will no longer be linear when the modulation
is applied.
73
Gary K4FMX
