>Picking up a point from Rich - is it recommended to mount the vacuum
>variable vertical for RF layout, or because if horizontal, it can sag
>internally over the years and arc? (akin to big turbines in power stations,
>which you always keep rotating to stop the shaft getting a bend in it).
It's an interesting suggestion. However, in all of the photographs of
amps that I have seen with vacuum variables, they are all mounted
horizontally. However, perhaps Rich has a good idea.
73,
Jon
KE9NA
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