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Subject: [AMPS] Tank Tuning range
From: measures@vc.net (Rich Measures)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 97 20:30:43 -0800
>In response to Rich's guess reduced Q would hurt matching 
>range.......for a the ETO Q of 5.3 into 50 ohms..... and pi- tank 
>inductor fixed at 21.57 uH and L inductor fixed at 7.255 uH.....
>
>760 ohm load, Cp 600 pF, ...
...snip...
The output R (RL) of the pair of 8877s is approx.  3750V/(2A*2)=938 ohms. 
 Since Q is defined as RL/XC1, and Q is given as 5.3, the reactance of C1 
(which Mr. Rauch refers to as 'Cp') would be 938 ohms/5.3 = 177 ohms.  At 
1.9MHz, C1 is 477pF.  

-  600pF does not check out.  

Rich---

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


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