[Heathkit] Suggestion for legal limit AM amp (was Heath Warrior as an AM amplifier)

[Carl]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <ranickel at comcast.net>
To: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Suggestion for legal limit AM amp (was Heath Warrior 
as an AM amplifier)


> On 1/17/2012 11:04 AM, Carl wrote:
>> The T Bolt is a bit weak in the PS for extended old buzzard transmissions
>> from what Ive heard on the air and read elsewhere.
> Carl,
>
> Based on your amplifier experience, wonder what you think about driving
> linears with controlled-carrier AM exciters?   I've not tried it myself
> but hear guys on the air all the time running rigs like DX-60s,
> FT-101-series, and even some riceboxes that seem to work quite well.
> The lower resting carrier level would seem to be a way of getting some
> good power out of the lower-rated linear amplifiers like the Warrior.
>
> All I know is that the audio quality can be very good, although it is
> important to set the proper carrier and modulation levels.  Just
> listening to these stations on AM nets, I can't tell the difference vs.
> high-level modulated stations.   I'm guessing that a PEP wattmeter would
> be the best way to set up the combination to  operate within legal limits.
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN

They work very well Bob and especially with some audio mods. They also 
minimize the fnals dissipation between words, pauses, sips of beer, etc.

I use a DX-35, DX-60, plus screen modulated Adventurer and Globe 90 here at 
times into linears and a modified T-150A barefoot at the summer cottage 
where space is tight. Once I got the mods done and checked out on 
instruments the reports have always been good.

Carl
KM1H