[Amps] AL-80B questions

[rlm]

>> I haven't really analyzed this problem carefully, but I always find it
>> helpful to use extremes (as you have) to bracket the problem.
>> As you point out, if Rp is lowered to zero, then the Xp is shunted
>> completely and the suppressor does nothing. The other extreme,
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>That's correct.
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>The lowest Rp suppressor is nothing at all. Q is limited by the external
>components.

**  any port in a storm.  
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>> very high Rp also leads to the same result as it suggests a
>> inductor with inductive reactance Xp in parallel with an infinite Rp
>> which is also a high Q case (in this case the VHF resonance will
>> be shifted due to the reactance Xp). So I am wondering if you don't
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>That's correct also.
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>Optimum is NEVER lowest or highest, it is some value in between.
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>See:
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>http://www.w8ji.com/vhf_stability.htm
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>If you see anything there that needs further expansion 

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