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Re: [Amps] Life of tubes in ham service - Correction

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Life of tubes in ham service - Correction
From: "Mark, K5AM" <k5am@zianet.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 00:27:18 +0000
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Correction:

Should have said fig 5 on page 7. The heater regulator limits the heater
current to slightly over the normal level. This provides a slow warm-up.
It takes over a minute to reach normal heater voltage in this amp.

Original post:

A recent post by Leigh, VK5KLT, suggested:

...  a soft-start mechanism on
the filaments to bring them up slowly in a controlled
manner at initial switch-on ...

One method for this is found on page 8 of:

A Luxury Linear, QEX, May, 1996, 3-12.

http://www.zianet.com/k5am/2mkw.pdf

73,

Mark, K5AM

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