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[AMPS] Collins 30S-1 instability

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Subject: [AMPS] Collins 30S-1 instability
From: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 13:02:13 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 16 May 1997, Skip wrote:

> 
> [snip]
> >Apparently, Collins didn't think so.  I have never heard of an
> >instability problem with the Collins 30S-1 amplifier, and the grid is RF
> >coupled directly to the cathode.
> 
> 
> Wrong!  Anyone who had tried to purchase Collins equipment, knows about 
> the price instability problem. The 30S-1 has a parasitic greed problem 
> traced back to days of old. This instability problem is not limited to 
> the 30S-1 and extends to most Collins equipment.
> 
> There is no known fix as of this date
> 

Arg: now Tom abd Rich are going to snipe at each other about _this_
parasitic mode!

8-)

Jeff Maass       (jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us)      Amateur Radio K8ND
      USPSA/IPSC # L-1192   NROI/CRO          NW of Columbus Ohio
      25000 Members in 2000!



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