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[AMPS] Low Output on 10 meters

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Subject: [AMPS] Low Output on 10 meters
From: jono@enteract.com (Jon Ogden)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 98 09:54:20 -0500
>Take a small carbon or good metal film resistor of a value equal to the
>combined impedance of the tubes in you amp and tack solder it from the
>cathodes to ground.

Tubes also typically have an input capacitance that needs to be accounted 
for in the matching network design.  So you may need to run a good mica 
cap from the cathode pin to ground as well.  This would give you the most 
accurate match.

73,

Jon
KE9NA


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