All of those popular devices have gain more than 15 dB... so there is a pad in the amp to keep the gain at 15 dB. One would think that a "tweak" will evolve to modify the pad (and possibly the firmware) to eliminate this bothersome limit.
Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton - J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com email: b...@wjschmidt.com > On May 11, 2017, at 4:49 PM, Ingo Meyer, DK3RED <ma...@qrp4fun.de> wrote: > > Hello Mike, > >> Hi, Did you get answer for AC input power demand?   VA or power >> factor? > > No, only for the input power (see below), which I want to know. > > 1500 watts output = 61.8 dBm --> 15 dB gain --> 46.8 dBm = 47.5 ... 48 watts > input > >>> The gain limit of 15 dB is set by the FCC. ... > > 73/72 de Ingo, DK3RED - Don't forget: the fun is the power! > www.qrp4fun.de - dk3...@qrp4fun.de > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to b...@wjschmidt.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
