[Amps] Alpha 86

[w8ji at contesting.com (Tom Rauch)]

> What is a corona washer?  Do I need or want one on my AL80A bandswitch?

The anti-corona washer is on the switch terminal from the 160 padder
doorknob. The AL80 series all have them.

That is the highest voltage point on the switch, and the washer distributes
the electric field more evenly reducing the voltage gradient around the
sharp points of that contact.

This is the same reason you do not want sharp solder points on other leads.

73 Tom