[Boatanchors] AM linear question

[Glen Zook]

Not really! the DX-100 should not be run at more than 135-watts input on phone.  The 6146 is rated at 67.5 watts input for AM phone operation and that means like around 90-watts carrier output maximum.  Heath was not known for rating transmitters conservatively!  The rating of 160-watts input for phone on the DX-100 was definitely excessive!

For best tube life, the DX-100 needs to be run at between 75-watts and 80-watts output.

However, the less than 3 dB power increase is definitely not worth it!
 Glen, K9STH 

Website: http://k9sth.net
      From: RAY FRIESS <rayfrijr at msn.com>
 To: Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com>; Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> 
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 Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 10:15 PM
 Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] AM linear question
   
#yiv3936395766 #yiv3936395766 --.yiv3936395766hmmessage P{margin:0px;padding:0px;}#yiv3936395766 body.yiv3936395766hmmessage{font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;}#yiv3936395766 Sounds like I could get as much, or a bit more, just running my old DX 100 ...    HI HI