I believe it was earlier this year that someone was soundly roasted for not
allowing HV to be present in his shack except during TX and designed his
homebrew equipment accordingly. Let this also be a lesson on commenting on
the design of commercially manufactured amps, though the same people
complain about the lack of technical input to the list at least when theres
no new meat to chew. The first lesson to remember is you have no technical
expertise unless it is assigned by the chosen few (kind of like the ARRL)
witness the responses to EE's that fall on the wrong side of the isle.
Dave / WB0PKK
>Thanks for the input on the HV status of ham amps. I have worked
>with military, broadcasting and the merchant marine electronics for
>most of my life. All of their amps dump the B+ in standby. So,
>thanks for the lessons learned when dealing with these types of amps.
>
>
>And, I can see why you guys fight so much on the reflector. No
>where did I say that we stuck our hand inside the live amp, that is
>why they have a meter switch to observe the voltage with the cover
>closed. It was an examination of the drawing that revealed that this
>was the normal condx for that amp. Anyway, I am not looking for
>any comments back from the normal few. Thanks again.
>
>
>Joe
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