>Hi Rich,
>
>Interesting. This seems to go against what I'd intuitively suspect, but
>then, my intuition is often in error. I certainly understand why a
>regulated screen supply helps linearity, but why wouldn't a regulated B+
>supply help, too?
Because a tube's linearity does not change much even a 25% anode-V change.
>Ideally, wouldn't we want everything to be regulated
>(stiff as a board) for best linearity? Or, does a very stiff (regulated) B+
>simply not help *enough* to be worth the hassle?
>
bingo
>73,
>
>Kim
>
>At 08:17 PM 10/29/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>> >I recently ran across an article in QEX that describes how to build a
>> >regulated HV supply for large amplifiers. Aside from cost and complexity,
>> >is there a good reason to avoid doing this? If so, what? It seems that
>> >overall linearity would be enhanced in the supply were regulated (an
>> >argument also made in the article).
>>
>>Regulated HV does nothing other than improve pep during berserko speech
>>processing. Regulated anode supply V does not improve linearity.
>>However, regulated screen V does. I built a regulated 6kV supply. It
>>was as useful as teats on a BULL ELEPHANT.
>>
>>
>> >...
>>
>>- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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> Kim Elmore, Ph.D.
> University of Oklahoma
> Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
>"All of weather is divided into three parts: Yes, No, and Maybe. The
>greatest of these is Maybe" The original Latin appears to be garbled.
>
>
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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