At 11:50 PM 9/6/97 -0500, Phil Clements wrote:
>
>For example, 2 3-500Z's:
>operating at an Ep of 4000 volts, drawing 600ma of Ip (class AB2,GG) will
>put out +/- 1500 watts on a good day. On the other hand, a 3-1000Z, operating
>also at its maximum Ep of 3000 volts and 800 ma of Ip is also putting out
>+/- 1500 watts. I would call that fairly similar output powers.
Unfortunately, I wrote relatively late and didn't bother to go back to the
refereence table ... I had chosen the 3-500Z/3-1000Z tube case because the
two were generally operated at very similar plate voltages (eg. 2800 -
3000 volts). In that context, my comments are correct.
73,
... Joe Subich, W8IK ex-AD8I
<w8ik@ibm.net>
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