[AMPS] PT-1000-K1Mh

[Rich Measures]

>   For your information ( K1MH and Measures)
>(a) I sold B & W only the PT2500 amplifier not Viewstar nor the PT1000
>single tube amplifier. I kept the PT1000 to continue on with another
>company.
>(b) A problem with the Pi-l tank in the PT1000 or the PT2500 is just as
>bizarre as Measures idea that every amp built will not work and never
>survive unless  they have a Measures hairpin nichrome loop whichamacallit
>installed in it.

What blew the grid current meter shunt R and the meter armature?  .  .  The Tune C spacing in the PT1000 is much more than adequate for the peak RF V encountered.  What could have possibly caused the Tune C to arc at the same time the grid meter blew? . 
 .  The "whichamacallit" (the parallel Ls/Rs suppressor) reduced VHF-Q and VHF-Rp by >40%. {N7WS measurements using a using a Hewlett-Packard Model 4191A RF Impedance Analyzer)   
 
-  All HF amplifiers use amplifier tubes that are rated for full input well into the VHF region.  VHF voltage amplification is basicly Mu multiplied by VHF-Rp.  Is more VHF amplification desirable in an HF amplifier, Mr. Hrivnak? 

>        I think you guys should seriously about about all the young guys
>who are coming up behind us and reading all the needless diatribe and
>incorrect information some of you throw around. 

Perhaps there are a few young guys, and some not so young guys, who want to try to figure out what might be making the Tune C arc in this amplifier?  So far, I see a number of correlations here to other amplifiers which apparently had parasite problems. 
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 To see if Rich guessed right, a lower VHF-Rp suppressor can be installed.  If the Tune C arcing continues as before, Rich is gonna get laughed at.  .  
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>It isn't constructive and
>does not teach anything to the guys that really want to know something
>about amps. There has to be more in life than hairpin loops and holes in
>your grid !!  Get a life !
>        Paul Hrivnak (founder of Viewstar)
>
¿Not Invented Here Syndrome?  .  .
  
- cheers, Mr. Hrivnak.  Hope you can stick around for possibly some laughs.  

cheers
Rich...

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


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