>
>Rich says:
>
>>? Doesn't the half-cycle pulse of DC current come through the HV-RFC, or
>>am I missing something?
>
>Being picky, what is a 'half-cycle pulse of DC current'?
>
? ... the roughly half-cycle when anode current is not cut off.
>.......
>If it's a half cycle pulse, it can't be DC by definition.
? Strictly DC, no, however anode conduction takes place on one polarity
rather than two.
>
> >? Isn't the tank circulating current roughly Q times the anode
> current?
> >With a typical 10m Q or 15, tank circulating current would seem to be
> the
dominant factor.
>
>???? Only if the majority of circulating current is from anode to ground,
>rather than in the tank tuning cap.
>
? At 29.7 MHz, this seems quite likely.
>
- later, Peter
Rich...
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