[Icom] Icom Pro II and PW-1 (Do I have a problem here!)
Bill Tarkington
[email protected]
Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:07:24 -0500
John, thanks for you input. Am sure I have at time abused my PW-1 thru
ignorance more than anything else, but I do love it too. Or, perhaps, it
just that I have so much in it, I better love it!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "WA9ALS - John" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Icom] Icom Pro II and PW-1 (Do I have a problem here!)
|
| > standby, and measure output power from your transceiver.] For me, it
only
| > takes about 55 watts of drive to hit 1 KW out from the PW-1... which
means
| I
| > can run my transceiver much leaner (and cleaner I hope) and still
deliver
| > max out from the amp.
|
| Same here, or maybe even a little less. I always start low and use the
| minimum drive for max power, even though the ALC should limit.
|
| > Probably the only modes where you would need to worry about 1000 versus
| 1250
| > watts is one of the solid carrier modes like RTTY or PSK -- and I never
| > operate those modes at full output anyway.
|
| Well, I just will plug the Icoms again here (preaching to the choir!) -
That
| several of us use the the PW-1 at full power in RTTY contesting - no heat,
| no problem - love it!
|
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