[Elecraft] Boost power supplies for RF amps

[Phil Kane]

At my home station I run my transmitters on a "boosted" 14+ V bus using
a TG Electronics Boost Regulator - and "the knobs" at about "3 o'clock".
 The station battery can go as low as 11.5 V but the 14V bus stays there.

On 2/20/2017 3:56 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> For the rigs running off of 12 (13.8) Vdc, how about simply not running the
> rig "all knobs full right"? 
> 
> Reducing the power by 25% will improve IMD performance at lower voltages,
> yet that power difference is virtually impossible to detect on the H.F.
> bands. 

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon