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ARGOSTOLION, KEFALONIA Isl., Greece

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Thursday 13 August 2009

2m LINEAR AMPLIFIER 2kw with GS-35B by sv8je

 original electronic design by YU1AW  (http://yu1aw.ba-karlsruhe.de)

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 front and top view



bottom view, cooling air circulation



tube output stage


antenna variable capacitance


plate variable capacitance


the RF deck

rear side (input & output RF connectors, HV, PTT, fuse, input & output tuning )



input stage



input stage (left), heater transformer & biasing (right)
Typical Operating Characteristics
Plate Voltage: 3200V
Idle current: 70mA
output power: 1kW (50W input, 0.65A plate current)
                        1.7kW (100W input, 1A plate current)