MisterBill2
- Joined Jan 23, 2018
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Output transformers for high power PA amplifiers have been in use for many years and their response is entirely adequate. A transformer provides a very simple way to select taps to adjust to the particular load impedance and provides the benefit of complete galvanic isolation between the amplifier stages and the load. Thusa transformer will be the simple solution.
Given that the commercially available ten watt amplifiers must be working well enough, the calculations showing a requirement of 500 watts must have used some incorrect assumptions, it appears. A ten watt amplifier is far more believable than a 500 watt unit, which could not run off a set of AA batteries for any useful length of time. Thus we see that what is most likely is that the ten watts, 63 volts, and 370 ohms, do not all happen at the same time, but rather that at some point the pipe to earth impedance is 370 ohms, and that under some conditions the applied voltage may rise to 63 volts, and that at none of those conditions is the delivered power ten watts.
Given that the commercially available ten watt amplifiers must be working well enough, the calculations showing a requirement of 500 watts must have used some incorrect assumptions, it appears. A ten watt amplifier is far more believable than a 500 watt unit, which could not run off a set of AA batteries for any useful length of time. Thus we see that what is most likely is that the ten watts, 63 volts, and 370 ohms, do not all happen at the same time, but rather that at some point the pipe to earth impedance is 370 ohms, and that under some conditions the applied voltage may rise to 63 volts, and that at none of those conditions is the delivered power ten watts.