[Kenwood] TS-950SDX

Fri, 25 Apr 2003 08:18:16 -0400

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul McInnish/Home" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS-950SDX

> Yea... you are correct... "Some people drive amplifiers that require more
> than 100W drive power" and it is the lids that run far in excess of the
> legal limit!

Even  some "non lids" don't know that an extra 400W will do nothing to their
1000W.
An amplifier that requires 140W to be driven to maximmum output of 1500W
can be driven with 100W that will give maybe 1100W, a diference none sees
ecxept the tube manufacturer.

WA1WLA Constantine

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "C Thomas" <[email protected]>
> To: "Paul McInnish/Home" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS-950SDX
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul McInnish/Home" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS-950SDX
>
>
> > Also... when one increases the power of the 950, the firmware has got to
> be
> > modified to cause the blowers to kick on at a different time and
> > temperature.  Those that have not done this and still turned up the
power,
> > wound up replacing several hundred dollars worth of PA stage!
> >
> > Also, the 1+ dB of signal strength increase is far less than ONE "S"
unit
> on
> > the receive signal strength meter!
>
> Some people drive amplifiers that require more than 100W drive power.
>
> WA1WLA Constantine
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "NR1DX" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 8:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS-950SDX
> >
> >
> > IN general more power = more heat  ..... more heat usually means shorter
> > life..how much shorter?.... hard to quantify.
> >
> > More to the point why would you bother for a maximum increase in signal
of
> > 1.25db at 200 watts?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > "Can you hear me now? ....good"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 07:02 PM 4/24/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Has anyone bothered to increase the power output on a 950SDX and if so,
> > >what is the adjustment and are there any adverse affects by turning up
> the
> > >power output to say 175-200 watts?
> > >
> > >K4SX
> > >
> > >Ron Lowrance
> > >Cumming, GA
> > >
> > >http://www.k4sx.com
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