On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 01:35:11 GMT, AGRAY6 wrote:
I wonder how one might be able to use a 1-3 farad capacitor to operate a 100
watt HF radio with better regulation and higher average current on SSB.. The
big audio amps use this technique effectively.

The big audio amps need very short pulses of power, and they combine
the large capacitor with the heavy gauge wires mentioned:

"Keyboard In The Wilderness" wrote in message
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John FYI -- from a recommended book:
always best to run two heavy gage wires ... directly to the battery

Perhaps a capacitor would be helpful if doing CW rather than any
modulated carrier scheme with its longer power demands, but most
radios seem to have sufficient capacitance if your power wiring
is sufficient to meet their average high demand.

sdb

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