On Jun 6, 2006, at 1:07 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote:
> Pete Smith wrote:
>> I'm thinking about following several people's advice and
>> direct-grounding the grids on my SB-220. I'm told that this can
>> result in a bit more gain and enhanced stability. Merits of the
>> procedure aside, if I do so, should I use copper strap of some sort,
>> or will large diameter copper wire be sufficient? Should I ground
>> each grid pin directly to the adjacent chassis ground lug, or somehow
>> connect them to each other? It appears that each ground connection
>> will only be about an inch long.
>
> Copper strap would have lower inductance and is what I've used in my
> homebrew amplifiers. If you're going to bother changing it, might as
> well do it the best possible way. I don't see what the benefit
> would be
> from connecting them together; I'd just connect each pin to the
> chassis
> with the shortest possible strap.
The shortest possible Cu strap has c. 15nH of L. At the 3-500Z's
grid resonace (c. 88MHz) this represents roughly pos. 9-ohms of X.
The original 200pF cap used to ground the grid has c. neg. 8-ohms of
X. Will the resonant frequency by increased by the use the cap or
the strap?
> --
> 73,
> Vic, K2VCO
> Fresno CA
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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