[Milsurplus] The TCS question

[Ray Fantini]

I have been building up a new AC supply for my TCS transmitter, and  I =
know the B+ feed to the oscillator and doubler stages will be +250 like in =
the original installation but what I was thinking of playing around with =
the HV feed to the PA and modulator tubes. originally they were feed +400, =
was wondering what would happen if I use a higher plate voltage, maybe 450 =
or 500 volts with the idea of a couple watts more, or if I can make the =
second RF tube active in the voice mode? with a little more plate voltage =
on the modulator for increased modulation. the real fear is that too much =
voltage on the plates will blow the modulation transformer, although =
looking at this transformer it looks just about as heavy as one in a =
ART-13 and they run at 100 watts with no issues. as a end result would =
like to get about twenty to twenty five watts of AM phone on a stock TCS =
transmitter. Has anyone else in the group worked with this? anyone have =
any ideas on what the modulation transformer is capable of? always =
remember, AME sucks, their is no substitute for plate modulation.
Ray Fantini KA3EKH