[Amps] Alpha 86

[w8ji at contesting.com (Tom Rauch)]

> Actually, I already have.  I've seen the results of the corona-caused
breakdown
> that you refer to there.  I repaired an SB-1000 with a burned 160-meter
tune
> padder contact. This contact was connected to the hot side of the PI-net,
and
> arced to ground across the wafer.  The moving contact was undamaged,
proving
> that it had not been hot-switched.  I put a corona washer on the
replacement
> contact, and I had no further problems.

I don't know why they left that off. It makes a day and night difference in
breakdown voltage of that contact.

73 Tom