Test #4
Like I said something is filtering posts. I can post a test message only. Doug Canada; the ship of fools where corruption and politics are synonymous
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Doug Renwick <ve5ra@...>
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#36859
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Removing grid shorts
Let's try this post for the 3rd time and see if it comes through. I have a GU-78B that has developed a grid short. I have determined the grid short initiates about 2 minutes after power on and ends
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Doug Renwick <ve5ra@...>
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#36877
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Re: Test
Other than one of my test e-mails getting through, other posts have not. Something is screwed up! And nothing is coming through on the Amps reflector either. Doug "The difference between stupidity and
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Doug Renwick <ve5ra@...>
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#36858
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Re: Test
YAWN At least Rich and I were friends since about 1996 and I miss him I cant say the same about you. Go back under your GU-74B rock and behave Carl
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Carl
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#36857
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Re: Test
Indeed Joe, the forum has been quite slow since the sad demise of central protagonist Rich Measures and the Rich / Carl sideshow jousts... There's more interesting activity on the Amps group nowadays.
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Leigh Turner
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#36856
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Re: Test
No, not dead, been a bit slow, but not slow enough to worry. Joe - W7RKN
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Joe - W7RKN
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#36855
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Re: Test
Beep...beep...beep...beep...beep...
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EDMUND WATTS
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#36875
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Test # 2 Removing grid shorts
I have a GU-78B that has developed a grid short. I have determined the grid short initiates about 2 minutes after power on and ends after about 5 minutes. I have tried unsuccessfully to 'burn' the
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Doug Renwick <ve5ra@...>
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#36884
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Removing grid shorts
OK the reflector is working now. Before, my message disappeared. I have a GU-78B that has developed a grid short. I have determined the grid short initiates about 2 minutes after power on and ends
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Doug Renwick <ve5ra@...>
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#36880
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Test
Canada; the ship of fools where corruption and politics are synonymous Ham Amplifiers reflector dead?
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Doug Renwick <ve5ra@...>
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#36854
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Re: C-L-C update
Did you try tuning the choke about 30 Hz higher? Carl
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Carl
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#36853
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Re: C-L-C update
I made a serious error when plugging numbers into the PSUD-2 power supply software. Like an idiot, I used the wrong plate xfmr DC primary resistance. I was plugging in ".1 ohm"..... when it shoulda
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Jim VE7RF
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#36852
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C-L-C update
Ok, here is why a.... C1 - resonant choke - C2 cap is 1 step forward and 6 steps backwards. Ditto with a classic ( henry radio style) .. resonant choke - Cap config. When you resonate the choke, at
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Jim VE7RF
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#36851
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Re: 6 Meters Parasitic for 3-500Z
Hi Jim, Sorry about the late answer. I ending 1300W with 70W amp and grid current on the limit. I will keep it like this for now. Several coil have been tested and the last one was the best
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va2na@...
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Re: RG-213 Hi pot ?
Excellent!? That is exactly what I have used for decades when trying to move extremely angry electrical pixies from one place to another.? Sometimes, I have run the 440 through Teflon? tubing
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EDMUND WATTS
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Re: 6 Meters Parasitic for 3-500Z
If you use GM3SEK's pi spreadsheet, you will have some wiggle room. The trick is to insert a tiny bit of uh... between plate block cap and C1 main tune cap. The combined tube C from both tubes ( anode
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Jim VE7RF
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Re: RG-213 Hi pot ?
I'm using neon sign HV wire on a 10,000 volt 30KW FM transmitter ( Inside a run of metallic conduit ) Packard 440 ignition cable is tinned / stranded from Auto Parts stores... you could run it inside
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Don Roden
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#36847
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RG-213 Hi pot ?
Does anybody know how much max V is on RG-213 ? Like what are the results if a hi-pot tester used..and say cranked up to the point where just a few microamps occurs . I have an application where I
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Jim VE7RF
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Re: 6 Meters Parasitic for 3-500Z
Hello Jim, Thank for your feedback. Yep resting current is on higher side Eimac recommand 58 mA per tube so your dead on. I finally finding a good combinaison of resistor-L. The commercial unit was
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va2na@...
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Re: 6 Meters Parasitic for 3-500Z
## with 150ma + 3500 vdc, idle power = 525 watts. ## I would reduce the idle current down to 100 ma.
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Jim VE7RF
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