The evidence speaks for itself. Eimac has not wavered from the conclusion that an "oscillation condition" causes gold evaporation from the grid of an 8877. I still wonder why Eimac's Reid Brandon to
Out of sight, out of mind. - Sand, the last defense of ostriches. Who said this current was DC ? The 42A-rms of RF related only to your assertion about vaporizing a grid. It is not DC. What did I sa
A rheostat in the primary of the filament/heater transformer is a convenient way to adjust filament/heater V. - R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures. end
Have you ever been to a welding shop and observed what happens to arc-welder cables when an arc is struck? I have and I saw the cables jump about on the floor. At its maximum ratings of 4000VDC and
** Nuclear events produce potential differences of many kV per meter. This can damage electronic circuits that are connected to antennas or to external wiring. One way to protect radios from this is
I agree, Rick. Dick Ehrhorn of Alpha once told me that he had 150 Eimac tubes with gold sputtering leakage. When I mentioned this c. 18-months later during a discussion regarding parasites on AMPS,
Yes, electric current is accompanied by an EMF. EMF is proportional to electon flow. A pulse of current produces a pulse of EMF. A nuclear explosion produces a large EMP. cheerz, Dennis O. - R. L. M
This is usually the result of an intermittent parasitic oscillation c. 155MHz. Does the toasted bandswitch look like the AL-80 bandswitches at: http://WWW.VCNET.COM/measures/bandsw.html ? One soluti
I conducted a telephone survey of computerized Alpha owners and found that roughly 40% of owners had to return theirs for factory repair. Strangely, all tubes that were damaged were replaced gratis -
Amen to that, Mark. Keeping an autotune Collins 208U10 (8170) amplifier working is nearly a fulltime job. - R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures. end
** Is a Pi-network resonant at the operating frequency like an L//C "tank"? - R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures. end
Thanks, Steve. However the zeners used by amp mfgs reportedly have a high failure rate and none of them have adjustable Vz. A string of fwd biased Si diodes does the job for this application. - R. L
sound reasoning methinks. Deja vu. Failure of this capacitor is usually hastened by 160m RF leaking into the power supply compartment past the too-tiny HV bypass cap of 2000pF. My guess is the inter
RR, Ian ** Unloaded regeneration does occur in a UHF amplifier because the anode is loaded at UHF. In an HF amplifier, this is not the case since the Pi-network output section is a low pass filter.
200a for a 1n5400 series rectifier. Not that I've seen so far in any specs. ... - R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures. end
Thanks for the warning, Vern. If I suddenly disappear, I may have been swallowed up. - R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures. end
I save 'em in a tight fitting drawer. Quite a few will fit in the drawer because they occupy little space and weigh next to nothing. - R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.co
not all were. Small ones ordinarily had mineral-oil. PCB oil smells like mothballs. - R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures. end