K3/10 OUTPUT POWER

[Dale Parfitt]

I have one of the new SPE Expert amps on order:
http://www.linear-amp.com/

It requires 20W of drive for full output. Can one of the knowledgeable K3
designers/testers comment on nominal Po from 160-->6M?

Tnx,
Dale W4OP

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[Joe-aa4nn]

Drive power for the Expert 1K-FA amplifier
is "Typically 20W"  for full output.  Typically.
I would think it ambitious to expect full output
with just 20 watts drive.  Just my opinion.
de Joe, aa4nn
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Parfitt" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:46 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3/10 OUTPUT POWER


>I have one of the new SPE Expert amps on order:
> http://www.linear-amp.com/
>
> It requires 20W of drive for full output. Can one of the knowledgeable K3
> designers/testers comment on nominal Po from 160-->6M?
>
> Tnx,
> Dale W4OP

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[Greg - AB7R]

I've been seeing about 14-15 watts but have not checked on 6m yet.  Will do so this
evening and report back.

So far every contact has reported a very nice clean signal.  Excellent CW note and
audio quality using the 2.8 kHz filter for SSB TX.  The TX EQ really makes a
difference as well.

-------------------------
73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065

On Tue Jul  3  9:46 , "Dale Parfitt"  sent:

>I have one of the new SPE Expert amps on order:
>http://www.linear-amp.com/
>
>It requires 20W of drive for full output. Can one of the knowledgeable K3
>designers/testers comment on nominal Po from 160-->6M?
>
>Tnx,
>Dale W4OP
>
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[Bob Nielsen]

It would certainly violate the FCC's requirement in 97.317 of 15 dB  
maximum gain (although with the loosening of amp restrictions I can't  
understand why they left that one in place).

Bob, N7XY

On Jul 3, 2007, at 7:03 AM, Joe-aa4nn wrote:

> Drive power for the Expert 1K-FA amplifier
> is "Typically 20W"  for full output.  Typically.
> I would think it ambitious to expect full output
> with just 20 watts drive.  Just my opinion.
> de Joe, aa4nn
> .
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Parfitt" <[hidden email]>
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:46 AM
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3/10 OUTPUT POWER
>
>
>> I have one of the new SPE Expert amps on order:
>> http://www.linear-amp.com/
>>
>> It requires 20W of drive for full output. Can one of the  
>> knowledgeable K3 designers/testers comment on nominal Po from 160--
>> >6M?
>>
>> Tnx,
>> Dale W4OP
>
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[Julian, G4ILO]

On 7/3/07, Dale Parfitt <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I have one of the new SPE Expert amps on order:
> http://www.linear-amp.com/
>
> It requires 20W of drive for full output. Can one of the knowledgeable K3
> designers/testers comment on nominal Po from 160-->6M?

Why not drive it at 10W and get a cleaner output?
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Julian, G4ILO
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