[hpsdr] IMD in Ham transmitters

[John]

Years ago I used to measure IMD on Collins equipment.  Their specs at 
that time were always in dB below each of two equal tones.  If you think 
about it the peak of the envelope with only two equal tones is twice 
each tone peak value, so Collins spec was more conservative than other 
manufacturers of that time.

In those days the spectrum analyzer and two tone oscillators took up a 
full single bay rack (on wheels) called a 478R-1.

Sorry I incorrectly sent my answer to your post as an answer to Lyle's 
in my last Email.

John  WoGN

On 1/19/2013 4:38 PM, Keith Gooley wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> If the commercial suppliers are claiming an extra 6 dB for PEP then 
> that doesn't seem right in my view. The IMD level increases at a rate 
> greater than the increase  in power, 3rd order IMD which is mostly 
> what we are talking about, increases at 3 times the rate of increase 
> of the 2 signals generating the IMD product. So if the output power is 
> doubled (3 dB increase) the IMD increases by 9 dB. Hence the IMD level 
> relative to the main signal is 6 dB worse.
>
> 73 de
> Keith
> VK5OQ
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