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[AMPS] " Kein Rauch ohne Feuer ...."

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Subject: [AMPS] " Kein Rauch ohne Feuer ...."
From: 2@vc.net (measures)
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 11:19:59 -0700
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>Subject: Re: [AMPS] " Kein Rauch ohne Feuer ...."
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>Someone plaese translate above for me!
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>> The TL-922 uses 0.01uF disc ceramic RF bypass caps across the hv ps
>>electrolytics.  The 110vdc ps filter capacitor has no RF bypass.  Operate
>>much on 160m and it will eventually go kaput with a bang.  .  The fix is
>>to replace the +110v ps filter C and add some C to the factory-stock.
>>2000pF  hv bypass.  (2000pF is only c. 44 ohms of Xc on 160m.)  In my
>>opinion, 10 - 20 ohms of Xc is adequate for most anode-supply bypass
>>applications.
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>My "standard fix" to amps that cover 160 meters is to add 2 Cera-mite
>4700 pf @ 10kv disk ceramic caps in parallel with whatever is already
>at the base of the plate choke. I obtained a large bag of these caps
>years ago, and they seem to do the trick. In "amps with handles," you may
>want to use four to share the RFcurrent.
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With 1a, a typical HV disc ceramic capacitor gets pretty warm.  This is 
why it takes at least of dozen of 'em to bypass the filament/cathode of 
an 8171.  

cheers, Phil
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>later, Steve
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>-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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