[AMRadio] AM power and other folks

[charles free]

Hello,
 
Well, I have a ham buddy that purchased that top dollar amp from Australia, 
which he cusses nightly by the way.  He installed in another room, separate 
from his shack, running an external blower through it that is just short of 
enough thrust to coax an F16 into the air.  He likes to say that he has it for 
the ability to run "The American Legal Limit" on SSB.  The amp is capable of 
putting out 5KW, which does seem to help in breaking that DX pile up.  
 
SI don't think the FCC has the capability to determine your power input 
via through the air monitoring, unless they know your transmitter type and 
efficiency, feedline characteristics, antenna gain/height, distance from 
station etc.  Their primary reason for looking at you is when they get 
sufficient complaints from outside sources about RFI.  So, stick to the rules 
and be safe, but every now and then, crank that AM rig up where it was designed 
to run, and blow the carbon out.  
 
Charlie in NC

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Something new to deal with.  Looks like this will go over better than AM
stereo.

http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67821,00.html?tw=wn_story_page
_prev2


John
WA5BXO

Re: [AMRadio] Re: How can we rid the HF bands of AM ?

[Geoff]

peter markavage wrote:


Don't see this as "silly" but as imperative, or something similar to it,
as vital to the amateur radio service as we move further into the 21st
century.
But, to get back to the real thread, Don, KYV, said it about as clear as
you can get it:
"Run a certain plate voltage and load the transmitter enough that plate 
voltage multiplied by plate current calculates to 1000 watts.  Carefully 
watch the scope so that the negative modulation peaks just barely
approach 
baseline, and make sure the positive peaks do not show evidence of 
flat-topping.  Simple laws of physics"

It's not rocket science.

Pete, wa2cwa
 



Patrick was speaking of legalities.  I'm sure all of us here, know how 
to load a rig to a kW.


What he's asking is:

How do we go about getting our old '1kW DC Input to the final' rating 
back from the Feds?


And, as noble as that sounds, I'm afraid that you'd have a better chance 
of picking up a 250TH
at your local corner store market.  You know, the one that has a 
tube-tester in it?


Just like those days of tube testers in the local stores, so too are the 
days of running a legal 1kW

DC input power level gone.


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73 = Best Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR