GM Gary and Group, Thank-you for the report. The TX was the original 100 watt unit (Jul '05 QST) somewhat modified. After frying many FETS over the past decade, a 4427 driver and IRFP260 hexfet was t
Hello Joe (VO1NA), If you're doing modifications on your PA FETs, try the IXDD614CI MOSFET driver. I can assure you that gate drive problems are gone then! I use a single IXDD614CI to drive 4x IRFP26
Hi Stefan, Thank-you for the tip. The totem pole worked well for me (thanks to Alan G3NYK) but the waveform was a bit mushy and I suspect it may have contributed to the demise of many FETS as a resul
Hi Joe & All, Results from my overnight monitoring on 137.777kHz. 06:04 136 VO1NA de G4WGT Op32 3517 km -39 dB in Chorley, IO83qo 03:52 136 VO1NA de G4WGT Op32 3517 km -33 dB in Chorley, IO83qo 03:19