Not ready to "drink the Kool-aid" yet eh?
Sincerely,
Dr. William J. Schmidt, II K9HZ
Trustee of the North American QRO - Central Division Club - K9ZC
Email: bill@wjschmidt.com
WebPage: www.wjschmidt.com
"If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee; that
will do them in." -- Bradley's Bromide
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Measures" <r@somis.org>
To: "k7fm" <k7fm@teleport.com>
Cc: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Solid State Amps
>
> On Apr 8, 2005, at 6:29 AM, k7fm wrote:
>
>> I have a big concern for this forum when the solid state amps finally
>> replace the tubes.
>>
>> Some amp experts will have to start over with remedies. I mean
>> transistors
>> do not have gold melt balls rolling around inside. Custom wound
>> parasitic
>> suppressors, formed during a full moon, will no longer be needed.
>
> Transistors are optimized to discourage parasites.
>>
>> Will there be enough sudden failures of transistors to start a new
>> religion?
>
> New religions need only one charismaic person, a supply of suckers,
> and a generous supply of hallucinogens.
>
>> And, what will the major manufacturers fail to do to protect the
>> masses from
>> this event? Will an eastern religion become the basis for transistor
>> amplifier problem prevention?
>
> Not likely since, unlike electron-tubes, they are optimized to inhibit
> parasites.
>>
>> I guess since parasitics are invisible, they will always be a topic for
>> dicsussion. Sometimes, when transistor amps are unstable, we look for
>> the
>> right combination of bypass caps to help us out, so that will give us
>> some
>> latitude in future discussions.
>
> Multiple, parallel, unequal-value bypasses and C self-resonance have
> been discussed.
>>
>> But, how do we autopsy them, and what will we learn? So many
>> questions.
>> Sometimes trying to figure this out is like working in a vacuum.
>>
>> Colin K7FM
>
>
> Rich Measures, 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.somis.org
>
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