[Amps] Johnson Desk KW

Bill Fuqua wlfuqu00 at uky.edu
Fri Oct 31 09:37:42 EST 2003


    Got a Johnson Desk KW and notice something unusual about the design. 
The RF amplifier has a linked variable capacitor and inductor in plate PI 
output circuit which switches out the variable capacitor for frequencies 
above 13MHz.  So the PI output ckt from there up made of the 
plate-ground  capacitance the roller inductor and output capacitors.  I 
have only seen this sort of thing one place before in a Mil. transmitter 
with a pair of 4CX300s in it.  It had switched fixed capacitors for plate 
side of the PI network, variable inductor with a few switched inductors and 
variable output capacitor with some switched fixed ones.

Well anyway, has anyone had some experience with the desk KW 
amplifier?  And have anything to say about the PI output? network?

73
Bill wa4lav



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