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>>From: theodore anderson <wa2mgb@optonline.net>
>>To: amps@contesting.com
>>Subject: [Amps] BTI BANDSWITCH
To: <amps@contesting.com>
>>Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:40:40 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
>>
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>>My old BTI 2000 bandswitch arcs when trying to load up on 80m. Looks
>>like
>>it is time for a replacement. Any ideas on what to use for a replacement
>>bandswitch?
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>*I once had a BTI amp many years ago. It was a floor stander.
>(LK-2000?) My memory is a little weak, but I believe it used an Ohmite power
>switch for the Pi net BS. They are still being made, are cheap and ceramic.
>The voltage at that point should not be that high as it could also be looked
>on as being connected at the top of the loading cap, not known to need a
>very HV cap. (unless you do something really uncalled for.)
HF energy would not arc this switch. The culprit is apparently VHF
energy. see
http://WWW.VCNET.COM/measures/BTI.bsw,JPG
> Look in a
>catalog and see if the pix looks like it.
>73
>Sam, W5LU
>
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