[AMRadio] Mod transformer turns ratio

[jeremy-ca]

Don, it is rated at 7.34KW and weighs in around 250-300#. Came from a 10 KW 
Martin BC TX; PP 4CX5000A's modulating another pair. No other markings on it 
other than the mfg (Avdin Energy Corp) part # and date code of 7752.
Its in oil and about 17" square and maybe 22" high.

Serious overkill but the price is right and Ive been looking over a year for 
something. The size doesnt bother me, just as long as I can use it. Maybe I 
should dust off the 304TL's and forget about the 810's?

OK on the choke requirement. I'll start looking once I determine exactly 
what the heck Im doing.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. Chester" <k4kyv at charter.net>
To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 4:18 PM
Subject: [AMRadio] Mod transformer turns ratio


> Carl KM1H wrote:
>
> "Looking at a modulation xfmr that is marked 4596VCT RMS Primary and 3747V
> RMS secondary. This appears to be a 0.82:1 voltage step down or a .64
> impedance step down if I did the math right. Question is what sort of 
> wiggle
> room is there in both impedance ratios and actual voltages used?
>
> The power rating is way more than sufficient for my needs and it is rated
> down to 50 Hz. I can use modulator tubes to supply sufficient power to
> overcome a reasonable mismatch but what is reasonable and how does the
> mismatch affect distortion? I havent been able to find any formulas or
> graphs."
>
> That would be more normally expressed as 1.23:1 turns ratio, or almost 
> exactly 1.5:1 impedance stepdown.
>
> Does it give a power rating or current rating?  Or load impedance rating? 
> Without that information it is difficult to determine what the optimum 
> impedances are, but that usually isn't critical.  That's the way the 
> popular multi-match modulation transformers like the UTC VM series works. 
> With  a given turns ratio, a wide variety of impedances can be used.  The 
> only thing that cannot be changed is the impedance ratio.  So you might 
> use a pair of modulator tubes working into a 15000 ohm plate-to-plate load 
> to modulate a final amplifier at 10000 ohm modulating impedance.  Or your 
> modulator tubes may operate into a p-p load of 9000 ohms, so the 
> modulating impedance would be 6000 ohms.  A 4000 ohm modulating impedance 
> would yield a 6000 ohm p-p load.
> That is a good ratio for using a common power supply for modulator and 
> final, for achieving good positive peak capability with plenty of 
> headroom beyond 100% in the positive direction.
>
> How big is the transformer and how much does it weigh?  That might give a 
> clue to its power rating if that data isn't given.  Given the voltage 
> ratings you listed, if the power rating or current rating is known, the 
> optimum modulating impedance can be calculated using Ohm's law, and thus 
> the power rating if that isn't given. It sounds like broadcast iron if 
> it's rated down to 50 Hz frequency response.
>
> That brings up another issue.  Is it desined to carry the DC to the final 
> through the secondary?  If  not, you will need a modulation reactor and 
> blocking capacitor to go with it.  A good way to find out, if it open 
> frame where you can see the core laminations, is to see if there is a gap 
> in the core.  If the laminations are stacked in such a way that there is a 
> gap, filled with paper or some other kind of insulation, then it is 
> designed to carry the DC.  If it is cross-laminated like a power 
> transformer, with adjacent sets of laminations reversed so that there is 
> no gap in the iron core, then most likely it is not designed to carry the 
> DC.  Most broadcast modulation transformers are NOT designed to carry the 
> DC to the final.
>
> Don k4kyv
>
>
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