it all depends how nice you want it to sound and how long you want it to last.
With the old transistors I have seen over 700 PEP. The new ones need to be treated with a little more respect. 500 is fine on a DX 500 and shouldn't hurt it.
it all depends how nice you want it to sound and how long you want it to last.
With the old transistors I have seen over 700 PEP. The new ones need to be treated with a little more respect. 500 is fine on a DX 500 and shouldn't hurt it.
He wants to know the max PEP input from the radio, not max wattage out from the amp. If your saying you get 700 watts from a DX500 of any vintage you need a new watt meter.
array solutions powermaster digital PEP meter and No plans to change it.
20 to 25 watts peak (example bird w/peak kit) should yield approx 500 watts peak out.
That is why they call it a 500.
I do not doubt that a 500 will produce 700 watts (again peak ) if you drive it hard and feed it all the current it needs at about 14 volts.
I will not run mine that way because if you do not have all your ducks in a row it is that much easier to hurt the amp.
They get hot, you have to put a fan on them even at the 500 watt level.
I run mine at about 350/400 out ( as Tony Posted) on SSB on 10/12 meters and it has provided many years of service.
73
Jeff