sm5ki wrote:
>
>How about a thyristor in paralell with the hi voltage? You make a simple
>STEPUP ignition transformer by simply passing the B plus lead through a
>multiturn coil. An old idea from an old SHORT WAVE MAGAZINE article? The guy
>who wrote it has been on this reflector and the article was part of a series
>of articles on a K2RIW. Very complicated but very informative, I remember.
This keeps on coming around. OE5JFL now has an English-language version
of his thyristor crowbar on his own site, with readable schematics:
http://www.qsl.net/oe5jfl/flashover.htm
That solution is better than a glitch resistor, but it also requires a
lot more effort.
73 from Ian G3SEK Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.com/g3sek
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