Hello all,
Jim is right I didn't mention what band. I guess I was biased toward
it being the output relay.
It was on 15 meters so I would not expect there to be any padder caps there.
Have been getting ready for field day today, so didn't mess with it.
First thing I'll do when I open it up is to solder across the output relay.
73 de Steve, NR4M
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 06:09:22 -0400
From: TexasRF@aol.com
To: steve@nr4m.com, amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] issue with AL-1200 output
<Steve, this sounds like an output padder C that has lost ESR and heats up
<with power applied. Heat will cause the capacitance to change. Many
<amplifiers use large value capacitors which are known to develop this problem
over
<time. If this is the problem, lowering the power output will take longer to
<see the power drop.
<73,
<Gerald K5GW
## He did not say what band he tested on. Any loading cap padder would be on
the 160 + 80m bands.
He might want to re-run the tests on 40 + 20m..... if its fine on 40-10m,
then its 99 % likely to be a padder
on the lower bands.
Jim VE7RF
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