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Subject: [AMPS] Class C 4-400A
From: measures@vc.net (Rich Measures)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 14:42:40 -0700


>
>>     And I was going to drive it from a modern transceiver capable of 100
>> watts into 50 ohms (70 volts peak).
>
>70 volts peak is 50 volts RMS. That's 50 watts.
>
>100 volts peak is 70.7 volts RMS, and that's 100 watts. 
> 
>>     Then connect a 1:4 toroidal step-up transformer between the
>> transceiver and the grid of the tube to create the correct driving
>> voltage,  swamped with an 800 ohm resistor...
>
>800 ohms divided by 4 is 200 ohms. Are you sure you want to load 
>the rig with 200 ohms? Or are you saying a 1:4 TURNS ratio, which 
>is 1:16 transformer?
>
>If you are going to wind a 1:16 transformer at 800 ohms, and 
>expect a low SWR over the entire HF spectrum, you might not get 
>it. The input C of the tube will kill it.
>
?  Due to the intrinsic winding C of a Trifilar or Quadrafiliar 
transormer, driving only the term. R load, the SWR will be ok for only a 
narrow bandwidth. 
>......
-  cheers, Tom.  


Rich...

R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures  


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