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[AMPS] basic question about dipping the plate

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Subject: [AMPS] basic question about dipping the plate
From: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch)
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:51:04 -0400
> Not being able to remember the answer, I am hoping the people on this
> list can refresh my memory. Why, when tuning the tank circuit, does
> the plate current dip when resonance is obtained? Thanks, William F.
> Hagen kc6ufe


Because the anode impedance is maximum at that point. That 
means the time-varying resistance of the tube has less current 
through it, since it is pulling on a higher impedance load.


73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com 

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