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SV: [AMPS] Nichrome/Parasitics/ARRL Handbook 2000

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Subject: SV: [AMPS] Nichrome/Parasitics/ARRL Handbook 2000
From: G3SEK@ifwtech.demon.co.uk (Ian White, G3SEK)
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 07:17:33 +0000
sm5ki wrote:
>
>The other day I send message to this net that included:
>
>"In order to get a good effiency on 28 MHz why not lower the anode impedance
>by inserting an  inductance beetween the anode and filter? I see an example
>in my 1991 ARRL HANDBOOK an example:
>
>A tube with 3500 ohms anode impedance and 10 pF output capacitance is
>transformed into 1481 ohms and 16 pF by inserting a 1 uH inductance beetween
>anode and output filter. Will this inductance act as a parasite choke as
>well?"
>
>I did not get any answer on my very last question from you pi/piL
>specialists. 

The quick answer is no. It will move the VHF resonance, but a simple
inductor does nothing to add extra damping at that frequency compared to
HF. To do that, there has to be some loss mechanism in there too - a
resistor and/or a lossy conductor.

Sorry, I don't have time to look at this in detail right now, but the
spreadsheet that I would use is on my web site. It includes a function
to find the VHF resonance.


73 from Ian G3SEK          Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
                          'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
                           http://www.ifwtech.demon.co.uk/g3sek

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