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Re: [Amps] SB221 Low Power Help

To: "Paul Playford" <paul@w8aef.com>, "Rahul Sathe" <vu3raz@gmail.com>, <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] SB221 Low Power Help
From: "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:53:41 -0400
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Those changes wont help with this particular problem which requires some 
trouble shooting.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Playford" <paul@w8aef.com>
To: "Rahul Sathe" <vu3raz@gmail.com>; <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] SB221 Low Power Help


> Richard Measures, AG6K, has done a lot of work on SB-220s and talks about
> the input circuit at:
>
> http://www.somis.org/SB220ci.html
>
> FWIW, Richard has his detractors however I have applied his modifications 
> to
> several SB-220s and a Henry 2K with great success.
>
> de Paul, W8AEF
>
> ZF2JI/ZF2TA  FO8DX/FO8PLA  8Q7AA  XZ0A  VU7RG  TX5D
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rahul Sathe" <vu3raz@gmail.com>
> To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 8:32 AM
> Subject: [Amps] SB221 Low Power Help
>
>
>> Hello Experts,
>>
>> My name is Rahul call VU3RAZ. This is my first post to the list. I am
>> seeking help on fixing my old SB221.
>>
>> as such the amp works on all bands, no arc or parastatics, tuning and
>> loading is smooth and easy.. I am not able to load the amp to full rated
>> plate current even with a 100 W drive with my 756 Pro3. Input VSWR is
>> high,
>> I tried tuning the input tuned circuit but no luck on few bands (20, 15).
>> With the 756 ATU the things improve but I can not get plate current 
>> beyond
>> ~
>> 400 mA. Even tried disconnecting HT from each tube to see if one if the
>> 3-500 is dead... both work but even with single tube I am not able to 
>> load
>> the amp fully. Am I looking at dead (weak) tubes ... can both of them 
>> show
>> exact same behavior? Or I am missing something I am not sure if I need to
>> re
>> build the  PSU (replace caps)
>>
>> Please help...
>>
>> 73
>> DE VU3RAZ
>>
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