>>>I also question whether
>>>overheating of parasitic suppressors isn't down to them getting very hot
>>>because of physically where they are,
>>
>>? In all but conduction-cooled and water-cooled situations, vhf
>>suppressors typically live in fast-moving air.
>
>That still doesn't mean that the resistors are at room temperature. Fast
>moving air at 100° C
? name a tube whose anode cooler exit air is c. 100 degrees C.
In the 922, cool air gets sucked past the suppressors.
> still spells an ambient temperature of 100° C. And
>the resistor's dissipation ratings are correspondingly lowered.
>
>Rich, you've never ever responded and tried to defend your suppressors
>when I tell the story of how I thermally burned them up in my amp on 10M.
? I was not there.
- later
Rich...
R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures
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