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[AMPS] Kaput 8877 #2

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Subject: [AMPS] Kaput 8877 #2
From: 2@vc.net (measures)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 08:56:27 -0700
>
>> I have located another kaput 8877 from an AL-1500 amplifier.  The kaput
>> tube is currentl;y at a European contest station.  With luck, it should
>> arrive in a few weeks.   I will test the tube and publish the results
>> here.  
>> 
>> end
>> 
>> -  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
>> end
>
>Prediction:
>
>Rich will determine the cause was a VHF parasitic, 

In autopsies of gold sputtered 8877s, the evidence I see indicates that 
UHF is more likely.   

>and the only 
>cure is the nichrome he sells.
>
Resistance-wire is assuredly not the only means of reducing Rp in a VHF 
suppressor.  Increasing L-supp in a copper-wire suppressor also reduces 
Rp.  The sticky wicket is increased power dissipation in R-supp on 10m.  
>
cheers, Tom

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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