Rich Measures wrote:
>>Much more likely it was an intermittent short from HV+ to chassis.
>
>How could an intermittent HV short to the chassis bend the 3-500Z
>filament, producing a grid/filament short, Ian?
I honestly don't know. But... how could an oscillation produce enough
grid current - GRID current, not cathode current - to burn out a
resistor that is rated to carry 10A continuously?
73 from Ian G3SEK Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.demon.co.uk/g3sek
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