• You can now help support WorldwideDX when you shop on Amazon at no additional cost to you! Simply follow this Shop on Amazon link first and a portion of any purchase is sent to WorldwideDX to help with site costs.

WorldwideDX Radio Forum

L
loosecannon
not dumb at all.
yes, your amp wants no more than 3 watts of a deadkey on AM, but when on AM your modulation can swing up to 20 watts or so.
L
loosecannon
the reason the amp can handle this is because you are not putting a constant tone through the mic and it just has to take that abuse for fractions of a second at a time.