[Elecraft] K3 on AM with AL811H amplifier

[Jan Erik Holm]

That will come out to 160W PEP on the K3 and 1600W PEP
on the amp. I would not set the K3 to more then 25W
(i e 100W PEP). Don´t know how much the AL80B can handle
but 1600W PEP sounds to be too much.

/ Jim
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Hector Padron wrote:
> Good morning Ted,let me tell you something,since the very first day I got my K3 serial 2192 I have been using it on AM on 40M with guys who work on 7180,I use it with my AL-80B,when I key up the K3 puts out 40W and that makes 400W out of the amp and when I talk it swings up  to 1KW,the TX modulation percentage its about 90 to 95% and the reports from the old timers using vintage radios is great always,some guys says look that I am using a big boat anchor AM station,in fact there was a guy who loved it so much that he was asking which company made the K3 because he wanted to have one.
> Without a doubt a K3 is an all mode perfect radio to own,73
>  
> AD4C
>  
> 
> 
> "For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3"
> 
> --- On Sun, 2/21/10, AMFMTV at aol.com <AMFMTV at aol.com> wrote:
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> From: AMFMTV at aol.com <AMFMTV at aol.com>
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 on AM with AL811H amplifier
> To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 3:27 AM
> 
> 
> Just thought you'd all like to know that I have been getting GREAT AUDIO  
> reports from running K3 #1717 on AM, into an AL811H amplifier driving the amp 
> to  about 125 watts carrier.  Connecting the K3 to the amp was as simple as 
> plugging in the relay cable and the coax.
> 
> Running AM and using the sync detection on AM surpasses even my old boat  
> anchor AM receivers.  For me, the K3 is the true all purpose radio.
> 
> 73
> Ted W8IXY