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Re: Trim, please!

 

On Sep 26, 2006, at 8:28 AM, Bill Turner wrote:

Please guys, do some trimming when quoting messages in your replies.
Recently there have been posts with as many as four levels of quotes
with replies interspersed which are virtually unreadable as a result.
With that many levels, there is no way to tell who said what or who
you are replying to.

One or two quoted sentences followed by your reply always works
better.
Another problem is missing or incomplete quoteback marks.

Thanks!

73, Bill W6WRT





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Re: Water Cooling A GS-35

 

A problem with TFE is cold-flow under the pressure of a hose clamp. Silicone rubber does not have this problem.

On Sep 26, 2006, at 8:34 AM, w4iiv@... wrote:

so what species of raptor do we plan on cooking??
Steven Grant W4IIV


Silicone rubber hoses might be a better choice.

On Sep 25, 2006, at 3:43 PM, jmltinc@... wrote:

Hey all,

I would like to build a water cooled GS-35B for 2 meters. Although
not set in
stone, the current design uses a 3" dia, 1/2wl plate line.

Am I dreaming of routing the water lines out the HV end of the
line? If I
must route them out the hi-current point, any advice to getting the
Teflon hoses
from the inside of the plate line?

Thanks,
John, N9RF



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Re: Regarding Henry SS amplifier

GGLL
 

Phil Clements escribi:
--- In ham_amplifiers@..., GGLL <nagato@...> wrote:

Well, do you remember my last post about that VHF solid state
amp?. I emailed
Henry radio asking for data about the transistors and if possible a
circuit
schematic. I think it was 5' later I received the answer to my
questions, they
also offer to mail me the manual. That's fast and good service.

Best regards
Guillermo - LU8EYW.
Please share your findings with the group.
Thanks,
Phil, K5PC
Yes, Phil, I'll do that; I always heard the owner was called Ted Henry, is this ok?. The answers in all cases were signed by a man called Ted Shannon Henry, so I guess if not a son or relative, the owner itself!.
By the way, he said me he not recall the CD 4778 as used in that linear, but 2N6084 instead.
That reinforce my idea of a previous owner fix, although the person who might changed the transistor did an excellent job, all transistor solder look as original.

Best regards
Guillermo - LU8EYW.


Re: Water Cooling A GS-35

 

so what species of raptor do we plan on cooking??
Steven Grant W4IIV

Silicone rubber hoses might be a better choice.

On Sep 25, 2006, at 3:43 PM, jmltinc@... wrote:

Hey all,

I would like to build a water cooled GS-35B for 2 meters. Although
not set in
stone, the current design uses a 3" dia, 1/2wl plate line.

Am I dreaming of routing the water lines out the HV end of the
line? If I
must route them out the hi-current point, any advice to getting the
Teflon hoses
from the inside of the plate line?

Thanks,
John, N9RF



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Trim, please!

Bill Turner
 

Please guys, do some trimming when quoting messages in your replies.
Recently there have been posts with as many as four levels of quotes
with replies interspersed which are virtually unreadable as a result.
With that many levels, there is no way to tell who said what or who
you are replying to.

One or two quoted sentences followed by your reply always works
better.

Thanks!

73, Bill W6WRT


Re: Amplifier Content

Bill Turner
 

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:30:13 -0000, "coffmado" <coffmado@...>
wrote:

Don't know if you were referring to me or not.

73 - Doug N9XTF
------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------

Nope.

Bill, W6WRT


Re: Regarding Henry SS amplifier

Phil Clements
 

--- In ham_amplifiers@..., GGLL <nagato@...> wrote:

Well, do you remember my last post about that VHF solid state
amp?. I emailed
Henry radio asking for data about the transistors and if possible a
circuit
schematic. I think it was 5' later I received the answer to my
questions, they
also offer to mail me the manual. That's fast and good service.

Best regards
Guillermo - LU8EYW.
Please share your findings with the group.
Thanks,
Phil, K5PC


Re: Water Cooling A GS-35

 

Silicone rubber hoses might be a better choice.

On Sep 25, 2006, at 3:43 PM, jmltinc@... wrote:

Hey all,

I would like to build a water cooled GS-35B for 2 meters. Although not set in
stone, the current design uses a 3" dia, 1/2wl plate line.

Am I dreaming of routing the water lines out the HV end of the line? If I
must route them out the hi-current point, any advice to getting the Teflon hoses
from the inside of the plate line?

Thanks,
John, N9RF



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r@...


Re: How to Getter a 3CX-3000A7 / 6000 / 10,000 , etc !

 

On Sep 25, 2006, at 10:15 AM, pentalab wrote:

--- In ham_amplifiers@..., R L Measures <r@...> wrote:


### No I have not. 1 e-mail to eimac ought end the
discussion . Rauch claims amperex etc... all use
zirconium coated anodes... and gettering is done when tubes
show colour... aprx 800 deg C. I'm inclined to agree.

Rich sez So how can a 3-500 be gettered by running the filament
only?

###### It can't !! 3-500'z don't have any internal filament
heat activated getter's....end of story.
So operating the filament of a new one for 48-hrs does nothing to getter the tube?

### Later... Jim VE7RF




A 3-500Z
has no internal getter........ so it's either the tube has
zirconium on the anode..... or it has NO getter at all !

Jim VE7RF








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Re: Tubing/strap for RF

 

On Sep 25, 2006, at 4:30 PM, pentalab wrote:

--- In ham_amplifiers@..., R L Measures <r@...> wrote:

### when guys tell me 1/2" tubing tank coils run so
bloody
hot on 10m, they require 100-200 cfm....
Rich- Water-cooled Cu tubing tank coils and water-cooled vacuum
capacitors are common in larger commercial amplifiers.
### Jenning's only list's one water cooled cap...1000A !
Jim -- A 1000A rating is barely enough for a tank Q of 15 and a tube such as the 8973. (18v, 650A filament)
cheers
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Re: How to Getter a 3CX-3000A7 / 6000 / 10,000 , etc !

 

On Sep 25, 2006, at 5:46 AM, Tony King - W4ZT wrote:

R L Measures wrote:
On Sep 24, 2006, at 8:19 PM, Tony King - W4ZT wrote:

That's an excellent idea Bill. I will have to try that the next time I
test GS-35B's. Don't know if I will be able to see much with the
ceramic
but I would bet it would be easy to see with glass tubes. Maybe
someone
else could report on that one. One of these new small space age
magnets
should produce enough magnetic field. Stuck on the end of a large
tywrap
should make it safe enough.
What kind of flowers do you want, Tony?
<snip>
Oh, I don't want any flowers, Rich. I'm talking about one of the BIG
tywraps, the LONG ones, not the 6 or 10 inch variety. Not the black ones
either ;)

Your point is well taken. In any case, it should be done with a LONG,
well insulated "stick".
My discharge stick is made from varnished bamboo, a 1000-ohm, 100w resistor taped to the side, and a clip-lead gnd wire at the handle end of the sucker.

73, Tony W4ZT



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Re: Regarding Henry SS amplifier

craxd
 

Guillermo,

Yes, I remember. I wanted to tell you that the resistors off the base
to ground are correct, and most likely are 10 ohm carbon comp type.
However, I've never seen one base of one transistor tied to another
transistors base with a resistor. Are these transistors in parallel or
the standard two in push-pull? I can't see that at all in a push-pull
circuit, just the 10 ohm to ground off each transistor. That is part
of the bias circuit. I'm wondering if someone was playing around in it
not knowing what they were doing to be honest.

Best,

Will


--- In ham_amplifiers@..., GGLL <nagato@...> wrote:

Well, do you remember my last post about that VHF solid state amp?.
I emailed
Henry radio asking for data about the transistors and if possible a
circuit
schematic. I think it was 5' later I received the answer to my
questions, they
also offer to mail me the manual. That's fast and good service.

Best regards
Guillermo - LU8EYW.


Re: Water Cooling A GS-35

FRANCIS CARCIA
 

Put the teflon inside the pipe before you wind the coil or use compression fittings
wa1gfz.

jmltinc@... wrote:

Hey all,

I would like to build a water cooled GS-35B for 2 meters. Although not set in
stone, the current design uses a 3" dia, 1/2wl plate line.

Am I dreaming of routing the water lines out the HV end of the line? If I
must route them out the hi-current point, any advice to getting the Teflon hoses
from the inside of the plate line?

Thanks,
John, N9RF


new Pix on .........photo's

pentalab
 

I threw a few misc pix on the ..'photo's .

Later.... Jim VE7RF


Tubing/strap for RF

pentalab
 

--- In ham_amplifiers@..., R L Measures <r@...> wrote:

### when guys tell me 1/2" tubing tank coils run so
bloody
hot on 10m, they require 100-200 cfm....
Rich- Water-cooled Cu tubing tank coils and water-cooled vacuum
capacitors are common in larger commercial amplifiers.

### Jenning's only list's one water cooled cap...1000A !

### Jenning's makes one air cooled cap... abt 17" long...8"
diam. 400A.... [no air] and 600A [with air] . Fair radio has
tons of these air cooled jobs.... 4000 pf @ 10 kv. I sent mine
back... way too bloody big. I got some surplus Jennings 4000 pf
@ 5 kv instead. This smaller one is the only Jenning's cap
where the test and working V is the same !


I tend to listen,,,and
not try an re-invent the wheel. [on 10m, you can easily be
dissipating 200w of heat... all of it into just a 2-3 turn
coil.... as opposed to 120 watts of heat on 20m..... and way
more turns on 20m to boot]. Actually 3/4" is better....
and strap... laid flat... like a parasitic suppressor wound on a
globar is the best for a 10m tank coil.


Strap will have RF flowing down both sides.... where as
tubing only conducts on the outside. 1.5" wide strap works
superb... eq to 1" tubing... and minimal stray C between
turns.


Good points, Jim, but there's a bit more to it. Round tubing has
uniform RF current distribution, while strap concentrates RF
current
at the edges.
### which edge??? Inside or outside. Rauch couldn't answer
that question !


Thus, at the same current, tubing with the same
surface area as strap will show less heating than the strap. For
example, Cardwell rates 0.5" tubing at 40A while 0.5" strap is
rated at 15A. However, there is a considerable space saving with
strap, and it's easier to wind, so I prefer strap.

### 1" wide strap.. for interconnects.. and taps on coils works
great... zip inductance too. I use the .022" thick stuff.


### Carwell [multronics] rates 1/2" FIXED strap at 20A CCS....
and 15 A for variable 1/2" edge wound roller inductor's.

### The 40 A rating for 1/2" tubing is meaningless. I went
through this yrs ago with Multronics. They haven't got a clue
what freq any of those current rating are, for any of their
products.

### Unless they spec a freq... a mode... a duty cycle... a temp
rise over ambient....... the ratings are meaningless !!

## 1/4" tubing will handle 36 A.... on 1.8 mhz.

### Skin depth on 160m is .05mm Skin depth on 30 mhz
is .01mm..... a huge difference. Plug the skin depth program
in... and use even lower freqs..... big diff from one end of the
broadcast band to the other.

### Multi-tech inc [former RSC] tells me they bought out all
the tools and dies, etc... lost all the paper work... and haven't a
clue what freq their switches are rated at ! They rate a model
88 at 30A CCS. It might handle 30 A .... at 60 hz. I had to
parallel 3 x wafers of the model 88 to make it work.... and then
add "double commons" to each wafer. Also had em custom build me
new custom sequential 5 pole rotors.

## what hams call a 'shorting switch'....Rauch calls it a 'pick
up and hold switch'. The correct terminology is [coming from
multi-tech].... is a 'multiple pole rotor'

Later.... Jim VE7RF


Re: Amplifier Content

coffmado
 

Don't know if you were referring to me or not.

73 - Doug N9XTF



--- In ham_amplifiers@..., Bill Turner <dezrat@...> wrote:

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:17:29 -0000, "badgerscreek" <qrp73@...>
wrote:

The most annoying thing about ham groups is the request for a
callsign. Now since when do you need a callsign to use the
internet?,

------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------

I'm automatically suspicious of a poster without a callsign unless
they come right out and say why they don't. Most hams are proud of
theirs and anyone who isn't is... suspect. Do you have one?

Bill, W6WRT


Regarding Henry SS amplifier

GGLL
 

Well, do you remember my last post about that VHF solid state amp?. I emailed Henry radio asking for data about the transistors and if possible a circuit schematic. I think it was 5' later I received the answer to my questions, they also offer to mail me the manual. That's fast and good service.

Best regards
Guillermo - LU8EYW.


Water Cooling A GS-35

 

Hey all,

I would like to build a water cooled GS-35B for 2 meters. Although not set in
stone, the current design uses a 3" dia, 1/2wl plate line.

Am I dreaming of routing the water lines out the HV end of the line? If I
must route them out the hi-current point, any advice to getting the Teflon hoses
from the inside of the plate line?

Thanks,
John, N9RF


Re: How to Getter a 3CX-3000A7 / 6000 / 10,000 , etc !

pentalab
 

--- In ham_amplifiers@..., R L Measures <r@...> wrote:


### No I have not. 1 e-mail to eimac ought end the
discussion . Rauch claims amperex etc... all use
zirconium coated anodes... and gettering is done when tubes
show colour... aprx 800 deg C. I'm inclined to agree.

Rich sez So how can a 3-500 be gettered by running the filament
only?

###### It can't !! 3-500'z don't have any internal filament
heat activated getter's....end of story.

### Later... Jim VE7RF




A 3-500Z
has no internal getter........ so it's either the tube has
zirconium on the anode..... or it has NO getter at all !

Jim VE7RF



Re: How to Getter a 3CX-3000A7 / 6000 / 10,000 , etc !

Tony King - W4ZT
 

R L Measures wrote:
On Sep 24, 2006, at 8:19 PM, Tony King - W4ZT wrote:

That's an excellent idea Bill. I will have to try that the next time I
test GS-35B's. Don't know if I will be able to see much with the ceramic
but I would bet it would be easy to see with glass tubes. Maybe someone
else could report on that one. One of these new small space age magnets
should produce enough magnetic field. Stuck on the end of a large tywrap
should make it safe enough.
What kind of flowers do you want, Tony?
<snip>
Oh, I don't want any flowers, Rich. I'm talking about one of the BIG tywraps, the LONG ones, not the 6 or 10 inch variety. Not the black ones either ;)

Your point is well taken. In any case, it should be done with a LONG, well insulated "stick".

73, Tony W4ZT