Re: OT: modifying your amp for lower drive requirement

Posted by Phil Salas on Dec 21, 2010; 1:28am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/OT-modifying-your-amp-for-lower-drive-requirement-tp5854009p5854485.html

"It's very unlikely any solid-state amplifier uses an input attenuator:
Transistors and FET's just don't have that much gain."

The Ameritron ALS-600 has about a 15 ohm input impedance.  Then they put a
series 35 ohm resistor for matching and reducing gain.
Phil - AD5X

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