Re: Grounding Grids on 3-500Z's
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R L Measures
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#855
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Re: IMD on xcv'rs
From TV sweep tubes? Not likely. . This is roughly what I've measured on the air.
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R L Measures
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#854
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Re: IMD (was 3XYC156)
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R L Measures
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#860
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Re: IMD on xcv'rs
060920@...> wrote: Drake I <http://www.w8ji.com/transmitter_splatter.htm>. It #### Tony.... W8JI has mentioned his findings on the Collins AND the drakes several times now on.... 'amps'. It's buried
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pentalab <jim.thomson@...>
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#853
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Re: HV Fuses: Manufactures/brands in Europe ?
wrote: to gnd without benefit of a HV fuse. like ur plywood box.... you shoulda been using 1 kv-6A diodes [400A surge] like a 6A10.... the 0nly diode worth buying these days. current from the 240 V
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pentalab <jim.thomson@...>
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#852
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Re: 3 x YC-156's vs 8281; Migrating Into Blower Noise
My shack is not much larger than yours, Jim. My Harris RF-110A is sitting in the bathroom. There is a large cooling fan in the ceiling to pull the hot air into the attic. The Harris is no-tune, 1.8-30
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Phil Clements <philc@...>
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#851
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Re: 3 x YC-156's vs 8281
wrote: that The mustard. bolted right to the chassis IS 99.99% of the stabilty secret. have zero L. ### WIDE straps do have zero L. I measure ZERO L o
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pentalab <jim.thomson@...>
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#850
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Re: HV Fuses: Manufactures/brands in Europe ?
insulator,,, I will. The original Plywood Box amplifier used 150a-pk, 2.5A avg diodes in a FWB > and the diodes survived at least 4 flashovers to gnd without benefit of a HV fuse. ### All as you are
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pentalab <jim.thomson@...>
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#849
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Re: 3 x YC-156's vs 8281
wrote: than ### I learn something new every day ! I never tried remoting a blower. I had been told that a lot of the noise was from the actual airflow through the tube itself, so never tried it. ###
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pentalab <jim.thomson@...>
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#848
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Re: IMD (was 3XYC156)
Alternative topologies, and using higher voltage devices make things much easier. Common-emitter can be troublesome. We ended up going common-drain (simple source followers), running 28V, and using a
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zerobeat40 <zerobeat40@...>
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#847
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Re: Grounding Grids on 3-500Z's
wrote: see moon it opens does not adequate
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pentalab <jim.thomson@...>
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#846
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Re: IMD on xcv'rs
Jim... pentalab wrote: There is NO mention of Drake or T4XC on that entire web page that I posted the quote from <http://www.w8ji.com/transmitter_splatter.htm>. It just ain't there. 73, Tony W4ZT
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Tony King - W4ZT <w4zt-060920@...>
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#845
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Re: IMD on xcv'rs
wrote: ### W8JI, ALSO claimed in the same sentence, -52db for a Drake T4XC ! I owned 4 of em yrs ago... and I got the same results as the ARRL lab did... a paltry -30 db pep... or just -26db compared
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pentalab <jim.thomson@...>
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#844
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Re: IMD (was 3XYC156)
I suspect you would be better off with a 300 watt amplifier running closer to class A with transformer feed back, Most RF transistors have internal emitter resistors to balance the parallel cells.
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FRANCIS CARCIA <carcia@...>
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#843
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IMD (was 3XYC156)
Hey, I tried to put the NFB into a solid state amp once, being used as a driver for commercial HF SSB. It was not so easy. Assuming a pair of NPN transistors delivering 100 watts at 30MHz, running
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zerobeat40 <zerobeat40@...>
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#842
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Re: 3 x YC-156's vs 8281
tnx, Tony. Since adding RF-NFB to a transistor amplifier is as simple as adding unbypassed R to the emitter leads, it puzzles me why Ham transceiver manufacturers don't wake up and start building
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R L Measures
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#840
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Re: 3 x YC-156's vs 8281
R L Measures wrote: <snip> Tom says the following: "IM3 levels of -30 dB are really very poor. An old KWM2 I tested was -47 dB using ARRL standards. Compared to something like an IC-756, the Collins
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Tony King - W4ZT <w4zt-060920@...>
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#839
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Re: 3 x YC-156's vs 8281
Well right now I dont have any "official test lab" figures, however W8JI has measured (if you trust him, I do in this case) -47 dB. Myself I have measured a KWM-2 compared to a FT-1000D, KWM-2 was
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Jan Erik Holm SM2EKM
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#841
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Re: 3 x YC-156's vs 8281
What is the total IMD of a KWM-2 ? R L Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734 r@..., , rlm@..., www.somis.org
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R L Measures
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#838
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Re: 3 x YC-156's vs 8281
Jim, I use the 10 kW version from Array Solutions. Checked it with the scope on the R&S dummyload @ 6 kW on 80, 40 and 20. Seems to be right on the money. Cheers, Dick
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PA3DUV <pa3duv@...>
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#837
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