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Re: [Amps] RF choke switching

To: Vic K2VCO <vic@rakefet.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] RF choke switching
From: Angel Vilaseca <avilaseca@bluewin.ch>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:12:29 +0200
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Vic,

Why not use the vacuum relay to short the big choke? That is what is 
done on the tank circuit when bandswitchig.

73 de HB9SLV

Vic K2VCO a écrit :
> I'm planning another amplifier (2 x 4-400A, 1.8-28 mHz) and I was thinking 
> that I would 
> deal with the "RF choke problem" by having two chokes in series. The one 
> nearest the 
> plates will have enough inductance for 20-15-10 meters with no series 
> resonances below 30 
> mHz. The second will be 1 or 2 mh to provide enough inductance for the 1.8-7 
> mHz bands. I 
> will use a vacuum relay to connect a bypass capacitor from the junction of 
> the two chokes 
> to ground on the high bands. Of course there will be further bypassing at the 
> cold end of 
> the big choke.
>
> That way, both chokes will always be in the circuit to help keep RF out of 
> the power 
> supply but the resonances and distributed capacity of the large one won't 
> upset the higher 
> bands.
>
> Is this a good idea or am I missing something?
>   

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