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Subject: [Amps] 3-500Z parasitic wows
From: 2@vc.net (2)
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:50:51 -0700
>>Another problem is that it seems unlikely
>> that (since sound travels in air) an amplifier could produce a stentorian
>> bang from an arc inside the vacuum.
>
>I can't comment on the other things you mentioned, Rich (lack of
>experience),
>but your reasoning seems poor here. The arc you mention has a point
>of origination, and a point of termination. Both of these points are
>presumeably
>are on physical objects inside the tube which are by necessity connected
>mechanically to the outer envelope of the tube. 

**  the bang is too loud for transmitted sound through the anode stem.  
The bang sounds like an air burst to me.   I've heard them as loud as a 
12ga shotgun blast.  [8170]

>Thus the arc doesn't exist
>entirely in a vacuum (pun intended). And BTW, when the bang is due to
>a parasitic oscillation what is the mechanism by which the loud bang is
>generated? External arcing in the tank components?

**  The concurrent flash seems to come from the DC side of the blocking 
C..  
>
cheers, Mike

-  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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