[Amps] HV cable for abt 200 degrees celsius?

Ian White, G3SEK G3SEK at ifwtech.co.uk
Tue Apr 13 08:41:02 EDT 2004


Frank Goenninger wrote:
>Hi all:
>
>Yet another question for building this GU-84b based amp:
>
>What cables would you suggest (and where to get that in Europe) for the
>High Voltage (abt 4 kV) connections within the amp and between the amp
>and the PS?
>
>Which insulation to take? PE, VPE?

The alternative to special high-temperature insulation is to work on 
reducing the 200C requirement. That would allow you to use regular 
RG58... and coaxial HV cable has many advantages.


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73 from Ian G3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)

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