I have a question for experienced individuals: When using two IRF530s to build a shortwave amplifier, the operating voltage is 13.8V and the standby current is 0.2A.
This morning, at 14.27 MHz, the SSB voice communication process failed once. After replacing the IRF530, the automatic antenna tuning display showed an output power of 35 watts and a maximum current of 2.7A. Is this normal?
The test shortwave radio is an X6100, with a power output of 5 watts.
Just to clarify, previously, achieving 35 watts required 9A. However, after replacing the IRF530, it now only requires that amount.