On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 06:53 AM, waltcates wrote:
We shouldn't loose sight of the original topic, which was the use of the 6DQ5 in place of?the 8236.
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Walt Cates, WD0GOF
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A majority of acceptance is not proof of correctness.
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I would tend to agree.
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If I am not mistaken,? the SR 500 in good repair and alignment would presumably do somewhere around 250-275W PEP output based on operating it at 500W PEP input.
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My HT44 with the stock PS-150-120 seems to work well at about 150W PEP output.
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The difference between 150w (approx 52dBm) and 275W (54.4dBm) is not even 3dB total making it an essentially un-detectable difference on the other end.
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And even if you're going from 100W to 300W (50-54.8dBm) it's less than a 5dB difference, which is also not very significant on the other end.? To me, it doesn't really seem worth it to "butcher" the radio to make it happen.?
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Most of the fun I have using my HT44, HT32B and? SR400 (and even the HT33 Mk I, HT45 Mark IIA)? is the simple joy of operation in good band conditions.? When I mention I am using them, it generates all sorts of fun conversation about them vs how strong the signal is!
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73/Rick
W7IMM
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