>Rich Said
>
>"Which contact burned? Were you present when the contact burned? ///
>The above story seems unlikely because tank potential is maximal only
>when the tank is nearly resonant. As soon as the band switch is in the
>wrong position, the tank is grossly out of resonance. Furthermore, the
>drive delivered to the tube plummets. When I turn the bandswitch in my
>220, virtually nothing happens. The output drops. Additionally, the
>bandswitch in a 220 is continuously shorting, so how could arcing take
>place during switching?"
>
>Interesting analysis. I never considered my friend was lying to me.
I doubt it. Hams tend to blame themselves for component failures. My
guess is that either the 10m L contact was burned or the 80m Load padder
contact was burned. Do you recall which contact was burned?
>It should have been obvious to me that he would choose to tell me a lie that
he
>had been foolish and destroyed his own amplifier by carelessness rather than
>tell me the truth that it was a parasitic oscillation.
>
With the lid on during operation there is simply no way to tell.
>As near as I can figure it, by telling me he made a gross mistake by
>grabbing the wrong knob, he would be covering for the real truth that he was
>not smart enough to buy the Measures Parasitic Suppressor kit. It is better
>to be careless and clumsy than ignorant.
>
>Brilliant analysis.
>
? Colin plays the Puerile Sarcasm Card.
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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