>
>
> In a message dated 6/11/2010 7:10:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jim.thom@telus.net writes:
>
> ## It works good on 80-40- 20-17-15-12-10m. Heck, it even works very
> good
> on SB-220's... that have been modified for 6m.
> I actually stopped directly grounding the grids on my 6 meter conversions
> to limit the power output (like a governor) once I was able to obtain
> 1500PEP output with indirectly grounded grids. In the beginning when I
> was
> looking for that "missing" power I would purposely ground the grids to
> boost the
> gain and the power. But later when I refined everything and found other
> ways to obtain the power, I left the grids indirectly grounded. It is
> actually quite surprising the additional gain you get from directly
> grounding the
> grids.
>
> Lou
>
I guess Jim doesnt understand that more RF places more stress on an already
marginal bandswitch Lou to say nothing about increased gain can result in
instability as proven in many amps.
Some like to go for the most meter wiggle and the heck with reliability(-;
Carl
KM1H
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