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[AMPS] Single band amp construction query

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Subject: [AMPS] Single band amp construction query
From: measures@vc.net (Rich Measures)
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 97 21:06:11 -0800
>And another thing, as long as I'm at it, how come when we did this that
>everything up to the tube blew up?  I could understand the relay smoking,
>but why did everything AFTER the relay go?  That means that the amplifier
>(tube) was drawing the current to cause everything to explode.  That doesn't
>jive with the shorted relay problem.
Was cutoff-bias applied when the meltdowns took place? 
 How was cutoff-bias obtained? 
 Was an anode supply fault limiting glitch-resistor, Gr, used?  If so, 
what value, and did Gr destruct during the meltdowns?
Rich---

R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K   



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