[AMRadio] Tansmitter power reduction (Ranger)

[Larry Szendrei]

John,

I've run the Ranger PA of the LV B+, as indicated in a previous post, 
with no overstressing of the supply. Then again, the power supply in my 
Ranger is non-original - different XFMR, and solid-state rectifiers in 
the "economy" hookup for low and high B+. The rig was a bsket case when 
I got it, and I've never laid eyes on the original power xfmr. That 
said, the xfmr in there appears no beefier than the original, perhaps 
less so.

I know for a fact Timtron (WA1HLR) also has had experience running the 
Ranger PA off the LV B+, and he advocates this method to anyone wishing 
to drive an amplifier with the Ranger.

One thing - The PA plate current meter won't read when doing this - 
unless you change the wiring in the radio, as I did, so that it reads 
when either the HV B+ and LV B+ supplies are employed. Alternatively, 
you can add an external meter without taking the Ranger out of the 
cabinet (in series with the appropriate pins on the accessory plug).

73/GL,
-Larry/NE1S

John Lawson wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, John Coleman ARS WA5BXO wrote:
> 
>> I don't know if the power supply come from the same XFMR or not but what
>> does "10 on the knob" mean?
> 
> 
> 
>  In the Ranger, the LV feed to it's rectifier is from two equidistant 
> taps between CT and the 'ends' of the HV secondary, the which ends feed 
> the HV rectifier.  I'm a bit worried that if I run the whole radio on 
> the LV winding, it will stress it. If anyone has any concrete 
> "real-world" actual experience with doing this, I'd love to hear how it 
> worked out.
> 
>   Guitar (and other musical) amplifiers traditionally have their volume
> knobs marked 0 - 10, thus '10' is 'loudest'.  From whence derives the joke
> in Spinal Tap - "This amp was custom made for me - see? the knobs all go
> to *11*!!!"
> 
>  Cheers
> John  KB6SCO
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