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THOSE WITH NEARBY RECEIVERS.  WITH ADDITIONAL FILTERING AND MORE STABLE
OPERATION, SWITCHERS FOR AMATEUR USE HAVE BEEN A WELCOME CHANGE.  IVE BEEN
A FAN OF SWITCHING SUPPLIES EVER SINCE I WORKED AT A SWITCHER MANUFACTURER
IN THE 1980S.  SO NATURALLY WHEN I WENT SHOPPING FOR A NEW POWER SUPPLY FOR
MY MODEST SHACK, SEVERAL SWITCHERS FROM PAST QST REVIEWS WERE ON MY LIST.
THEN I DISCOVERED A NEW PRODUCT FROM GAMMA RESEARCH THAT IS SMALLER AND
LIGHTER, YET CAPABLE OF POWERING A 100 W TRANSCEIVER.  BIG CURRENT, SMALL
PACKAGE GAMMA RESEARCHS FRED GRAHAM, K3GQ, RECOGNIZED THAT IN TYPICAL CW
AND SSB HF AMATEUR USE, POWER SUPPLIES REACH THEIR MAXIMUM CURRENT DRAW FOR
A SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME WHILE THE RADIO IS TRANSMITTING AT PEAK POWER.  THE
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