Things look better after another day of research and thinking..
First, the cover came off for photos and cursory inspection, with
nothing visibly damaged.
http://www.tmcom.com/~tsm1/postnuke/index.php?module=mGallery2&g2_itemId=50718
After a bunch of pictures, the cover went back on.
Idle current, with the relay shorted but no exciter input, was the
desired 80ma.
I then tried tuning it up to 3900 on 80M (75) again.
http://www.tmcom.com/~tsm1/postnuke/index.php?module=mGallery2&g2_itemId=50718&g2_page=4
Plate wound up nearly mid point on the dial (straight up), Load at 4.3.
As indicated by the meters, with about 9/10 drive from the exciter, I
was in the neighborhood of 170ma Grid, 500ma Plate key down.
The power indicated perhaps 200w on the built in (amp) power meter,
though I'm told they're notorious liars. I need to dig out my SWR/watt
meter and determine if it'll take 1,000w before I hook it up inline to
verify. I didn't find any one to do an A/B test with tonight, but
perhaps tomorrow night.
No bad noises tonight, so that's a good thing.
I located two hams with a total of 5 tube testers tonight. I haven't
placed a call yet to get some assistance with tuning the amp by someone
that knows what they're doing. Perhaps this weekend - I need to clean
up my station a bit if I'm going to have guests over. :)
Thank you all for your assistance,
73
-Tom
KE7VUX
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