[AMPS] Single band amp construction query

[Rich Measures]

>Chad Kurszewski WE9V wrote:
>> 
>> >If one actually did build these amps with one common power supply 
...snip...
>> We have tried this, with two major requirements:
>> 
>> 1)  No HV present without filament voltage, both turn on and turn off.
>> 2)  No requirement to have all RF decks on at once.
>> 
>> We ordered large Dahl XFMRs to handle double the current and tried using
>> 2 RF decks per supply.  With the above requirements, the solution I came up
>> with was to have the RF deck control a Jennings RJ-1 HV vacuum relay to
>> switch the HV to the deck.
According to Jennings, the (copper-contacts) RJ-1A is not designed to 
switch DC.  However, Jennings makes a tungsten-contacts version, the 
RJ-1H, that is designed to hotswitch DC.  ...... Which version were you 
using, Chad.   

Rich---



R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K   



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