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>Rich says
>
>>Remember the sweet ozone smell
>>generated by those delightful mercury-vapor rectifiers?. Welcome to
>>Cancerville.
>
>
>So why should mercury vapour rectifiers produce more ozone than anything
>else? They don't produce ionisation outside the envelope. If you have
>ionisation, it's due to the HV.
>
Ionized mercury vapour produces UV radiation as well as the pretty purple
light. UV turns O2 (oxygen) into O3 (ozone).
>But a linear on AM should be loaded up to the full PEP, preferably using
>100%modulation.
Tuning up with modulation requires a 2-tone generator and an
oscilloscope. Tuning up for AM via the pulser method requires a relative
RF output meter and a keyer. .
Rich...
R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures
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