What you report of compression near the maximum power is certainly true of the amplifiers like the SPE-1.5K that use a single device, but I would have thought this would not be true of the KPA1500 that uses 2 devices. This is the reason I returned my SPE and ordered the KPA. Hopefully the compression is less than 1dB.

Has anybody else measured it?

- Paul  - KW7Y



At 02:21 PM 6/9/2018, you wrote:
I recently ran a two-tone test and measured CW power gain. (SN1078) It doesn't look good. The two-tone waveform shows distinct "flat-topping", and the power gain drops 25 percent from 1000 to 1500 Watts. My old 3-500Z amplifier is much better. Has anyone measured IMD or linearity, or seen any test results? While I'm primarily a CW operator, I'd be very reluctant to use the amplifier on SSB. 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott K9MA k...@sdellington.us ______________________________________________________________ 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 p...@paulbaldock.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

Reply via email to