Amps
[Top] [All Lists]

[AMPS] Checking out old amp

To: <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: [AMPS] Checking out old amp
From: 2@vc.net (2)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 17:19:13 -0800
>
>Rich, I might mention:
>
>Chatted with my old buddy Mike WB2AJI in North Carolina on 20m last night.
>Mike and I grew up pretty near each other in New Jersey too many years ago,
>and we used to work together in the late 1960's.  Haven't seen him in years,
>but glad to hear Mike back on the air.
>
>He has an SB220 and bought one of your upgrade kits (parasitic stuff, I
>think some anti-thump stuff...) and, after cursing how much work it was to
>install it all, 

At least he won't feel like an appliance operator.

> is extremely pleased.  His amp, in which he recently
>installed some Chinese 500ZGs and became immediately unstable 

Chinese tubes seem to have plenty of gain at VHF.

>to the point
>where he couldn't even use it, tamed right down and sounds wonderful on the 
air.
>
With 75 - 90 mA of ZSAC, 3-500Zs are more linear than any transceiver 
that I know of. 

>Thought you might like to hear...
>
I did, Steve.  Thanks for the update

>"Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem." --
>Henry Kissinger
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:        2 [SMTP:2@vc.net]
>> Sent:        Friday, November 16, 2001 2:51 PM
>> To:  Steve Katz; 'Jerry Flanders'; AMPS      
>> Subject:     RE: [AMPS] Checking out old amp
>> 
>> >
>> >In my experience using tetrodes without handles but from the same family,
>> B+
>> >needs to be substantially higher than Eg2 in order to protect Eg2 from 
>> harm,...
>> 
>> Amen, Steve
>> 
>> -  R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
>> end


-  R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
end


--
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/amps
Submissions:              amps@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  amps-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 owner-amps@contesting.com


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>