[minima] Re: Minima power output
- From: Ryan Kingsbury <ryan.kingsbury@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 14:37:07 -0500
Thanks, everyone. That helps to clear things up.
73,
Ryan
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Dan Reynolds <on30ng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The first driver in the JBOT (the Minima version of the JBOT) raises the
> power to 1 watt...
>
>
> 73
> Dan -- KB9JLO
> https://sites.google.com/site/on30ng/
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Ryan Kingsbury
> <ryan.kingsbury@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I should probably be melting solder rather than scratching my head about
>> how the design is supposed to work but...I have some unanswered questions
>> about the design.
>>
>> On the Minima website, it states that the design features 1 watt output
>> power in the summary towards the top. Surely this is a typo? Unless the
>> mixed formed by T1 provides a significant amount of gain, I can't imagine
>> that the IF amp (Q6,7,8) is pushes more than a watt through the crystal
>> filter, mixer and LPFs.
>>
>> Further down, in the design history sections, it says the output power is
>> 1 mW (0 dBm). This seems much more believable to me. If combined with a
>> PA, such as the JBoT, then I can see how the combination could deliver 1 W.
>> Could someone else confirm?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the advice. I promise to start melting solder soon!
>>
>> 73,
>> Ryan (AG4ZP)
>>
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>
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