[Elecraft] K3 2 meter capability: internal K144XV or XV144 transverter?

[Wes Stewart]

My W6UOV (W6PO) designed 8877 two-meter amp needed more like 100 W drive to deliver 1500 out.

In the original article, Ham Radio Magazine, Aug 1971, pp 22-28, he listed operating parameters.  He claimed 13.8 dB gain at 1 KW out.  I never saw that at 1500 W out.  A good rule of thumb is gain = 10 dB and then your driver isn't sweating and you're not worried about every fraction of a dB coax loss, etc.


--- On Tue, 12/8/09, AD6XY <m.j.willis at rl.ac.uk> wrote:

> 
> You only really need 25W of drive if you are using a large
> triode and hoping
> for 1500W, indeed perhaps more like 50W would be
> appropriate.