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Re: [Amps] cathode return?

To: <gdaught6@stanford.edu>, "amps" <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] cathode return?
From: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:43:08 -0400
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> I have seen designs for using such directly-heated cathode 
> tubes
> which simply attach the cathode common return to one of 
> the filament
> connections.  (The filament connections have multiple RF 
> bypass
> capacitors between them, and to ground.)
>
> What are the arguments for and against each of these 
> approaches to
> providing the "cathode return"?

There is no cookie-cutter answer.
Depending on filament voltage and other operating/bias 
voltages, you can get varying amounts of 60 cycle AC on the 
output. 


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