[Elecraft] K3: 630m amplifiers

Phil Wheeler w7ox at socal.rr.com
Mon Jul 27 16:27:34 EDT 2015


I'd have to dig out my old circuit diagrams, but 
it seems like when we used Class C amps "back in 
the day" (1950's and 60s) we keyed the output 
stage, not only the driver as with linear amps -- 
and we modulated the output stage in the AM days, too.

73, Phil W7OX

On 7/27/15 11:42 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Mon,7/27/2015 10:43 AM, Edward R Cole wrote:
>> CW, JT65, FSK all do fine with class-C, of course. 
>
> Ed,
>
> I suggest that you drive a Class C amp with a K3 
> transmitting CW and look at the spectra with a 
> P3 both at the output of the rig and at the 
> output of the amp. Set the P3 display for 5 kHz.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC



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