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[AMPS] Vacuum Cap Rating and Plate Voltage

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Subject: [AMPS] Vacuum Cap Rating and Plate Voltage
From: jono@enteract.com (Jon Ogden)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 98 14:35:10 -0500
>>>I remember reading that one 
>>>must accept the fact that the AC voltage across the tune C can end up 
>>>being twice that of the plate voltage.

Well, I must be getting old because I am losing my memory.  After asking 
this question initially and getting back responses to it, I went back and 
re-read the section in the ARRL handbook.

The handbook was correct as everyone told me: With a blocking cap the 
peak RF voltage is equal to the DC plate voltage.  It's without a 
blocking cap that you get the twice the DC voltage at peak.  So I 
remembered incorrectly!

Just gettin' old...

73,

Jon
KE9NA


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