Posted by
Vic K2VCO on
May 26, 2005; 6:30pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Pwr-Antenna-tp378766p378774.html
[hidden email] wrote:
> Quoting K2VCO:
>> Let's say you have a 1.5KW amplifier. Overall efficiency might be
>> 50%, so it >draws 3KW key down.
> What does it draw key-up?
Not so much, if it's instant-on, solid state with temperature-controlled
fans like the KPA800. But you are correct for a 'traditional' tube
amplifier. Especially one that isn't instant-on and tends to be left on
for long periods.
>> SSB will be cheaper.
>
> How do you figure? The duty cycles are about the same. SSB may even
> have a higher duty cycle if you turn the processor on.
I was assuming a duty cycle of 33% for SSB. Yes, I did not take heavy
processing into account! But I think that without processing the duty
cycle for ssb is definitely lower than CW.
> btw, the duty cycle of CW is about 44%: Consider the standard word
> "PARIS". With all the spaces, it's 50 time units long. But the key is
> down only 22 of those times.
Also most operators use long spaces between sentences. I assumed 50% as
a worst case. And don't forget that I left out one of the 50%'s from my
calculation!
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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