[Amps] electronic switching

[Pete Smith]

At 09:00 AM 6/19/03 -0400, wb8jkr at juno.com wrote:
>  In the limited ampunt of PIN diode work I've done here
>it seems the PIN "off bias" should be at least twice the
>applied RF voltage if any sort of SWR may be
>present. So in a 50 ohm circuit at 1500 watts you'd need
>about 5-600 volts reverse bias. In a Hi-Z cicuit such
>as a plate tank I.E. 2000 ohms, you'd need about 3500 volts.
>Thats a tall order.


Didn't Jos start this discussion by talking about switching the INPUT side 
of an amp with PIN diodes?


73, Pete N4ZR
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