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> From: amps-admin@contesting.com [mailto:amps-admin@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Steve Thompson
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:11 PM
> To: Radio WC6W; 2@mail.vcnet.com; g8gsq@qsl.net; amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] CTI follow up - miscellaneous ramblings
>
>
> On Wednesday 26 June 2002 15:16, Radio WC6W wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 05:39:05 -0700 Richard <2@mail.vcnet.com> writes:
> > > >Expanding on a suggestion made to me off list, how about a string of
> >
> > 150
> >
> > > >LEDs to get 300odd V for a screen supply. That could be quite pretty,
> >
> > and
> >
> > > >give visual indication of loading too.
> > >
> > > * Super-Excellent idea, Steve. A showy visual display just
> might win
> > >
> > > over the "real radios glow in the dark" gang. Hmmmmm, lets see, with
> > > high-intensity LEDs, it should be possible to make a 800-LED array
> > > screen-shunt regulator for an 8170 that could probably be seen from
> > > 2-miles away. Would this be impressive or what? And if this
> >
> > screen-reg.
> >
> > > was mounted on top of the tower -- totally kick-butt awesome.
> > > .
> > > cheerz
> > >
> > > - R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K,
> > > www.vcnet.com/measures.
> > > end
> >
> > Hi Rich & Steve,
> > I would hope that before anyone starts wiring all those LED's, one
> > would check the LED I/V curve and discover that a "regulator" of this
> > design would exhibit something in the neighborhood of 20%... wanderance.
> OK, so we need several chains in parallel to carry enough current
> to swamp
> the tube screen variations. Think of the saving on the shack
> lighting bill :-)
>
> Steve
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