- 21. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Subich, K4IK" <k4ik@subich.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 08:42:30 -0400
- The discussions we had related to bad design in general and not to any specific test fixtures they may have designed. I would, however, expected them to have designed the first test fixtures using a
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00138.html (9,558 bytes)
- 22. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: R.Measures <r@somis.org>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:11:38 -0700
- Eimac's Reid Brandon told Paul Pagel, the *QST* Technical Topics Editor, that Mr. Willis B. Foote was not authorized to release the information on the finding about gold-sputtering in the 8877 during
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00143.html (10,635 bytes)
- 23. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: R.Measures <r@somis.org>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:59:17 -0700
- My investigation of the 2, 8875 amplifier turned up something odd -- i. e., both VHF parasitic suppressor resistors appeared to be in mint condition, yet they had increased in R by factors of over 4x
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00144.html (11,123 bytes)
- 24. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Fuqua <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>
- Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 13:58:25 -0400
- What is the boiling point of molten gold in vacuum? I assume it is lower in vacuum as with any liquid in a vacuum. It may be even more complex than that! 73 Bill wa4lav ______________________________
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00145.html (11,792 bytes)
- 25. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: R.Measures <r@somis.org>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:26:15 -0700
- The boiling point of anything in a vacuum is lower, but I do not know how much lower it is for gold. In any case, it would still be above the melting point of 1063ºC. cheers, Bill Richard L. Mea
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00148.html (12,534 bytes)
- 26. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Thompson" <g8gsq@ic24.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 07:35:12 +0100
- Can gold leave the grid structure if it's molten but not boiling? Steve _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listi
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00152.html (9,151 bytes)
- 27. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: Ian White G3SEK <G3SEK@ifwtech.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 08:37:37 +0100
- Basically, yes - just like water (molten ice) will eventually evaporate completely away at room temperature. Everything has a vapour pressure, which increases with temperature. However, the rate of e
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00155.html (10,463 bytes)
- 28. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Thompson <g8gsq@ic24.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:22:48 +0100
- And flow? And get pulled from the surface by anode potential? Steve _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00156.html (9,355 bytes)
- 29. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Measures <r@somis.org>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 03:46:02 -0700
- Probably, but a moderate number of gold melt-balls lodge onto the cathode. Rich Measures, 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.somis.org _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@cont
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00161.html (9,821 bytes)
- 30. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Measures <r@somis.org>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 04:01:04 -0700
- ( By leaving the grid at a high enough rate to be attracted to each other by universal gravitation and form into spheres before they radiation-cool below 1063ºC and solidify. To me, the most not
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00162.html (11,860 bytes)
- 31. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Measures <r@somis.org>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 04:15:04 -0700
- Apparently, Steve, but I usually see some gold craters along with bared patches of molybdneum, which indicates there was some boiling going on at the time. To me, this suggests that the process was r
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00164.html (9,562 bytes)
- 32. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Thompson <g8gsq@ic24.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 12:15:00 +0100
- Could they get there after the anode voltage is removed? Steve _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00165.html (10,279 bytes)
- 33. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Measures <r@somis.org>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 04:43:33 -0700
- My impression is that the molten state of a gold melt-ball is rather brief since, in earth's gravity field, they accelerate downward at a rate of 1G, and I have yet to see any splattered gold during
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00166.html (11,040 bytes)
- 34. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Pedder <chris@g3vbl.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 11:48:11 +0100
- Newton, were he still alive, might be 'surprised' by this 'explanation'. Chris _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailma
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00167.html (9,396 bytes)
- 35. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Measures <r@somis.org>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 06:19:06 -0700
- Universal gravitation was understood by Copernicus and Galileo. Rich Measures, 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.somis.org _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00170.html (10,266 bytes)
- 36. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Fuqua <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>
- Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:15:52 -0400
- Gold , lead and solder are very compatible. You can solder to gold in fact solder will dissolve gold just as it does silver. However, I suspect gold does not like to stick to molybdenum ( like solder
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00172.html (13,311 bytes)
- 37. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Subich, K4IK" <k4ik@subich.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 09:38:44 -0400
- Some of the 8877 team were still with Eimac in late 1988 - early 1989. The MLA2500 (I had one for several years) is particularly bad for grid overheating not necessarily due to parasitic oscillation
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00174.html (10,968 bytes)
- 38. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Subich, K4IK" <k4ik@subich.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 17:39:57 -0400
- No fooling - and exactly what I've been saying. However, that is not the only reasonable explanation for grid overheating, particularly in a tube known for running excessive grid current when over d
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00191.html (10,646 bytes)
- 39. Re: [Amps] a common topic here tspa (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Measures <r@somis.org>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 18:30:09 -0700
- Over driving with even 200w could not heat the grid to the temp needed to sputter gold. I have autopsied a number gold-sputtered 8877s that were driven with 100w radios. Eimac was the first source of
- /archives//html/Amps/2005-04/msg00195.html (12,195 bytes)
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