[Boatanchors] AM Amplifier

Rob Atkinson ranchorobbo at gmail.com
Sun Jul 8 06:24:17 EDT 2018


He said his amp was class B.  Actually Class B is usually a little
better than 50%.

73
Rob
K5UJ

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 9:23 PM, WA5VGO <hbrnut at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> The problem isn't voice peaks. At 100% modulation the amplifier should be
> about 60% efficient. However, as the modulation level drops, so does the
> amplifier efficiency. With no audio, it's down to 25-30%. I suppose if
> someone talks fast and loud, they can push things.
>
> Darrell


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