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Mrsandman
| | Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 1:58 pm: | 
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what due u guys think i have a very mint& stock grant xl nothing hase been clipped but would a little more kick on ssb when not using a amp
any help would be nice and yes i have a power mic |
Tech671
| | Posted on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 5:38 am: |
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There is no better or cost effective way for a "little" kick than a KL60. |
Mrsandman
| | Posted on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 7:27 pm: |
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its not the $$$$
sometimes i dont want to use a amp but would like
a little kick in the audio for ssb
thank u tech671 u are right if i wanted a little
kick with out spending that much $$$$$$$$$
73
103 ma |
2600
| | Posted on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 11:48 pm: |
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A "little" kick? Is that "enough so they can tell the difference on the other end"?
If that's what you are looking for, you will need to double your power JUST so they can BEGIN to tell the difference. Any less than DOUBLE the power, and nobody can tell the difference but YOU.
Turning up the SSB limiter trimpot will make the meter happier, but you will be embarrassed if you hear the way it sounds afterwards.
Maybe turning a trimpot inside the wattmeter is a better solution? At least that won't clobber the clarity of your SSB audio.
SSB and AM are different. An AM signal can get overmodulated quite a bit before you become hard to understand. This is the "loud" sound the AM operators all seem to want.
If you have heard the guys on SSB who sound like they are gargling sandpaper, those are the ones who twist screws to make their wattmeters happier. An SSB transmitter won't tolearate overmodulation nearly as well as an AM transmitter. The transition from "loud" to "nasty" is pretty sharp. On AM it's much more gradual. More room on AM to crank it before it gets just TOO nasty sounding.
73 |
Mrsandman
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 8:38 am: |
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yes 2600 you are right about power to db
i know i sell my 3 pill class c
and 1 tube k1313 and just get a one good amp for
both
73
103 ma |
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