Amps
[Top] [All Lists]

[Amps] GS35B Idle current increasing

To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: [Amps] GS35B Idle current increasing
From: Paul Baldock <paul@paulbaldock.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 09:09:00 -0800
List-post: <mailto:amps@contesting.com>
I built a GS35B amp a few years back to be used with my home brew AM rigs. Initially I set the idle current at around 110mA/4KV requiring about -35V bias. Over a few years of very little use the idle current drifted up so I increased the bias voltage to get it back down. Eventually I was up to -55V with the idle current at around 180mA, and so I installed another tube (purchased at the same time as the first). Same deal as before, started at -35V, now at -55V.

Is this 2 bad tubes, or could I be doing something wrong? I'm getting ready to install a third tube purchased from a different source.

- Paul KW7Y

_______________________________________________
Amps mailing list
Amps@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>