On Dec 6, 2005, at 4:58 AM, Alek Petkovic wrote:
> Just did some non destructive testing on the suppressor resistors.
>
> One resistor measures 23.5 Ohms and the other just 9.5 Ohms. Nominal
> value
> is supposed to be 22 Ohms.
>
> It's nearly 9pm now. Too late to go to the shed to find some new
> resistors.
Been there, done that. The resistor most probably did not have a
manufacturing defect, so replacing it will likely not solve the
underlying problem.
> I might get some more time on it tomorrow.
>
> 73, Alek
> VK6APK
>
> At 08:45 PM 6/12/2005, Peter Chadwick wrote:
>> Alek said:
>>> Advancing the load cap further to the
>> right to 6 or 7 on the scale brought up a nice little purple arc
>> between
>> the plates of the loading cap.<
>> Certainly sounds like parasitics to me. Have you checked the original
>> parasitic suppression resistors?
>> As to whether nichrome is the answer, I'll leave that argument to
>> others!
>> 73
>> Peter G3RZP
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