>Hello,
>
> I am almost finished with the new homebrew yc156 amp.
>It works fine on 15 - 80 meters but I am having a problem with
>160.
>
> With 5000 watts in, I am getting about 1200 watts out.
>
> I have added inductance to the plate and cathode chokes, changed
>(padder caps for the load to 400 pf/ 7.5kv) ,
? Please describe padder caps and give RF current rating at 1MHz. tnx
>and setup the tank
>several
>times. The blocking cap is a 1900 pf .
>
> THe other sympton is that grid current is much higher on 160 than
>all the other bands.
>
>what am I missing?
>
>TIA for any assistance
>
>Lynn NO9Z
>
>
>
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