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[AMPS] Re: Parasitics

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Subject: [AMPS] Re: Parasitics
From: bcotter@pop.uky.edu (Bill Cotter)
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 08:57:17 -0400
Tom,

How can the application of a grid resistor (as a fuse) be harmful?
Is there any harm in replacing the normal choke with a resistor?

Thanks,

Bill

>> If Rich can make a few $$ by selling an aftermarket replacement
so what?
>
>No one cares about that. What I care about is misleading information 
>that all problems are rooted in nearly one cause and there is only 
>ONE cure. My way or the highway science.
>
>Not only that, many of the other suggestions are harmful...and can 
>actually cause amplifier damage. One that is particularry bad is the 
>suggestion that a resistor in the grid makes a good "fuse" that 
>protects the grid from RF drive damage!


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