I am contemplating building my first amplifier and am looking for a bit
of advice as to things to watch out for. The amp will mostly likely be
based upon 4-1000's since they are the power tube that I have the most
of. I already have a mil-spec filament transformer, a socket, chimney,
and six 4-1000's (got 'em cheap). I would like to be able to run the amp
in sideband, AM, and CW, with the possibility of messing around with
some cathode modulation of the thing in class C mode. By all means I
want the thing to be capable of continuous duty, even though I am not
currently a contester.
Any suggestions as to what kind of voltages I should be looking for in a
transformer? I have heard tell of guys running 6000v on the plates, but
not being well versed in such things I hesitate to do so without a bit
of advice.
I have an enormous HV transformer rated at 2500 volts and about 5 amps
(or more). The voltage seems to be a bit light for 4-1000's but I
suppose that I could run a doubler. So how 'bout it folks, whadaya
think?
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"Tom"
Thomas Bowes
KK8M
35332 Churchill
Richmond, Michigan 48062-1179
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