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Re: [Amps] grounding grids

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Subject: Re: [Amps] grounding grids
From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>
Reply-to: dezrat1242@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:38:21 -0700
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On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:09:16 -0500, "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer@comcast.net>
wrote:

>
>How then would you account for the reduced IM products of a tube operated in
>GG verses the same tube operated in a standard grid driven configuration?

REPLY:

I can't say. I am not an expert on IMD, but I stand by my previous statement -
simply adding a resistor (or network) in the grid circuit is not negative
feedback, it's just gain reduction. For true NFB, you must take a sample of the
output and feed it back out of phase to the input. 

73, Bill W6WRT
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