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>Actually, there's one more. Proper cooling of the tank coils. I had
>a well-known "legal limit" amplifier melt down the 80/160 meter tank
>coil on me not once but twice. It is now gone, replaced with a 91B.
>No more problems.
>
>73, Bill W7TI
Ahh, good point! I forgot about that. Yes, those get rather warm too.
As far as I am concerned, you can't have too much cooling on an amp!
73,
Jon
KE9NA
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Jon Ogden
KE9NA
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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