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Re: [Amps] Henry RF generators

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Henry RF generators
From: Mark - N5OT <r-emails@n5ot.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:44:25 -0600
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Wait.

Who is Heath Robinson?

Famous kit maker?

Inquiring minds want to know.

73 - Mark N5OT


On 12/15/2020 5:34 PM, Chris Wilson wrote:

   15/12/2020 23:23

Many Henry RF generators on 27 or 14 MHz use a brass (?) slug within a copper 
tube coil for inductance changing (as the turns counter advances the slug 
within the coil the inductance reduces) and a rather Heath Robinson variable 
capacitor using two brass  plates, with a Teflon insulation sheet between them. 
Now I realize they were not intended to be frequency agile, so my question is, 
is there an advantage to changing the strange looking variable cap for a vacuum 
variable? Is the consensus of opinion that slug tuning the inductor is fine and 
can be left as is? Thanks.

An example Henry RF deck is at http://www.chriswilson.tv/deck.jpg


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