The maximum voice asymmetry possible without distortion is about 2:1. Wityh 100% negative modulation, that would correspond to 200% positive modulation. So you could have a good sounding station with 100% negative and 200% modulation. Unless people are going to listen with product detectors, that's about the limit for good quality - and it requires receivers that have average AGC, and also have the peak headroom in the IF amps to pass the peaks. I find that most receivers have the headroom, but some have peak-AGC, and that screws up AM anyway.
With 200% mod, the PEP is nine times the carrier power. So for a carrier of 1 watt, 100% positive modulation would produce 4W PEP, and 200% positive modulation would produce 9W pep. With efficiency modulation (linear, screen mod), peak efficiency is about 60%. With 100% positive mod, carrier efficiency is half of peak, or 30%. With 200% mod, carrier efficiency is 1/3 of peak, or 20%. So with 1 watt carrier 200% mod using a linear or screen modulation, you have 2 watts dissipation at carrier level, and 3.6 watts dissipation at the peak level. Dissipation is maximum somewhere between carrier and peak level. Efficiency modulation (linear, screen mod, etc) with an 813 at 200% mod would permit a carrier level of about 30 watts, and peaks to about 270 watts. You can probably push the 813 a bit further if it isn't getting too hot, but I don't think you can get 45 watts carrier with 200% modulation in that service from an 813. Efficiency mod with a 6146 at 200% mod would permit a carrier level of about 8 watts, and peaks to about 72 watts. You can probably push the 6146 a bit further if it isn't getting too hot, but I don't think you can get 12 watts carrier with 200% modulation in that service from a 6146. It is real impressive to have the positive peaks go way up, but you might do better to use CPAM - Constant Peak AM. You can get crude CPAM by running AM through a linear amp with ALC. When you don't speak, the ALC will raise gain and your carrier will be at the peak level. When you speak, the ALC will drop the amplifier gain, and the carrier level will drop, making room for positive peaks. You can modulate to any percentage you desire. Good AM receivers will quiet beteen words and syllables because of the high carrier level. Dissipation will be a little higher, so an 813 might be able to do 250 watts PEP output max in that service, and a 6146 might be able to do 60 watts pep output. See http://www.qsl.net/wa5bxo/asyam/aam3.html Bacon, WA3WDR ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
