In all seriousness.... I don't think I would "juice" the K3 to get 150 watts out. Some did that with the K2 but I am a little reluctant to do that with a $2K+ rig.
Of course your mileage may vary....but find a cheap amp. Like an AL80A. You can get them for around 700 dollars on Ebay. I did that .... ran the amp at 150 watts in the NAQP contests.... But, then they changed the rule to 100 watts. Or find an old HW101...jack the voltage up on the plates and screens....drive it hard and you might make the 6146s produce 150 watts for a contest. There is a gentleman somewhere on the net that has done that. Of course...your definition of cheap may be different that mine. Lee K0WA In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. - J. Wolf --- On Fri, 12/11/09, Julius Fazekas n2wn <phriend...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Julius Fazekas n2wn <phriend...@yahoo.com> Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] 150 watt "boots" for 160m To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 9:44 AM Wondering if anyone has a suggestion of a solid state amp or "pushing" the K3 PA to obtain 150 watts out on 160m? A kit or HB would be fine... 73, Julius n2wn ----- Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 Elecraft K3 #1875 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/150-watt-boots-for-160m-tp4151943p4151943.html Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
