The red tinge doesnt necessarily mean that much. From my experience, yours
are probably getting weakor are weak ... one or both.
> From: w7why@frontier.com
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:15:29 -0800
> Subject: [Amps] SB-200
>
> Lately my SB-200 has been acting strange.
>
> On 40 and 80 meters, the 'Load' cap has to be all the way in, and then it is
> only putting out about 300 watts. On 20, seems like the'Load' cap is in
> more than it used to be.
>
> Don't think the tubes are bad, but they might be. I checked them when
> running on RTTY and both of them had a red tint to them. I assume if one is
> bad, the good one will run redder than the bad one.
>
> Also, has there ever been a mod where the input coils/caps are replaced with
> something else?
>
> Thanks and 73
> Tom W7WHY
>
>
>
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