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Re: [Amps] Permeability tuned tuning coils, with taps?

To: Fuqua Bill L <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>, "amps@contesting.com" <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Permeability tuned tuning coils, with taps?
From: peter chadwick <g8on@fsmail.net>
Reply-to: g8on@fsmail.net
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:23:34 +0100
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Bill,

The OP's licence allows 400 watts PEP at the antenna on most bands - exceptions 
are parts of 160 above 1850kHz, 70MHz and some higher bands. NOTE: 10 MHz 
allows 400 watts PEP!


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 Message Received: Jan 15 2014, 06:34 PM
 From: "Fuqua, Bill L" <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>
 To: "amps@contesting.com" <amps@contesting.com>
 Cc: 
 Subject: Re: [Amps] Permeability tuned tuning coils, with taps?
 
    There used to be a power limit of 200 Watts in the novice/tech+ sub-band on 
10 meters regardless of
 license class. Is that still in effect?
 
 73
 Bill wa4lav
 ________________________________________
 From: Amps [amps-bounces@contesting.com] on behalf of Chris Wilson 
[chris@chriswilson.tv]
 Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 1:24 PM
 To: amps@contesting.com
 Subject: Re: [Amps] Permeability tuned tuning coils, with taps?
 
 Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 10:22:05 AM, you wrote:
 
 
 > I vaguely remember seeing a 4 channel, 2-10 MHz, 100 watt output
 > commercial amplifier using three 'instant heat' 6146s (actually
 > QZ06-20)which used permeability tuning on the PA coils. I think the
 > coil had three taps to cover the frequency range: it was driven from
 > a nominal 10 watt input SSB packset, and ran from a 12 volt vehicle
 > supply, with a germanium transistor DC-DC inverter. The packset was
 > mainly germanium transistors, too....That was 50 years ago.....
 
 > 73
 
 > Peter G3RZP
 
 Maybe people wonder why I ask? I have a Henry 2000D RF generator a
 friend and I are converting to a 10n meter linear. It's near as damn it
 done now, a simple thing for many on here, a challenge for us
 beginners, as I had to make the PSU and control stuff from scratch.
 
 I bought two big vac caps off Ebay a while back, new old stock. One
 seems fine, the other arcs on test at 50% below its rated DC volatge.
 These things are *EXPENSIVE* new. Used ones are a lottery, as are old
 stock, as there's no way to test the depression inside them without
 doing an HV test, after you've bought the thing. So, I was
 looking at how Henry used a brass slug permeability tuned tuning coil
 of heavy copper tube, instead of a variable tune capacitor, and a
 sheet metal flapper cap for loading. I was wondering if at a later
 stage I could plagiarise the design to make a 20 meter or even a 20 / 40
 meter version and make a longer coil, with taps
 for other frequencies, and just have to use one vac cap for load? I am
 in the race car engineering business, so have good fabrication
 facilities, the hardware for a bigger brass slug tuned circuit would
 be pretty straightforward. Photo of the Henry 2000D deck is at
 http://www.gatesgarth.com/henry6.jpg
 
 Thanks everyone.
 
 
 
 
 --
 Best regards,
  Chris                            mailto:chris@chriswilson.tv
 
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