"Dick Carroll;" ) writes:
Paul Burridge wrote:

I have
to say, though, that I've always found it very curious that radio hams
refer to their bolt-on, high-power, aftermarket boosters as "linear
amplifiers." You can't get any *less* linear than class C!



??? ....I won't speak for the rest of ham radio, but I've never operated a linear
amplifier in Class C.

Dick

Well when you've got it on 2meters and are feeding it with an FM rig,
of course it's silly to call it a "linear amplifier".

Michael VE2BVW