[Elecraft] Hold on here!!! DX-40 based amp, Class C PAs in general.

[Ron D' Eau Claire]

> >  The DX-40 is strictly a CW rig, and would
> >require a ground-up redesign for SSB service.
> >

> This is very wrong.  All you need is a different bias supply....   I got a
> hold of an SB-10 SSB generator.  I built a power supply for the
> SB-10.  ... SB10 was a phase angle SSB generator where you had to null out
> the sideband and the carrrier.  So, I took the drive out the 6CL6 and that
> was  fed into the SB-10 where I then did the SSB Magic...and then drove
the > SSB signal into the 6146.  All you needed to do was to make a bias
supply
> which I did on the SB-10's power supply I had built...

I wouldn't recommend this procedure to someone who described himself as an
"appliance operator" looking for a simple way to use a DX-40 with his K2.

You didn't even get into the issues of ensuring the operation was linear for
someone used to flipping on the power switch of a modern rig.

But it's a matter of judgement, I guess. I'd call you a homebrewer, not an
"appliance operator" Hi!

Ron AC7AC
K2 # 1289