[Amps] electronic switching

[wb8jkr at juno.com]

> >Of course, switching the high voltage to
> >reverse bias the PINs while providing 1 amp of DC for forward 
> conduction is
> >an interesting project in itself. 
> 
> **  Quite  --  but optoisolators and 1500v transistors help.

  Horizontal output transistors work  well for the HV bias
switch. The switch I built used 5 volts at about 700 ma to turn the
diodes on and 1000 volts limited to about 2 ma to bias them off
and it worked well.

Mark  WB8JKR


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