[Amps] a common topic here tspa

[R.Measures]

On Apr 6, 2005, at 7:19 PM, Joe Subich, K4IK wrote:

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>> Rich writes:
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>> Joe -- Are you saying that Eimac's 8877 design team told you they did
>> not choose to use Eimac's grid-grounding collet during testing of the
>> 8877?
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> No, I'm simply saying that the Eimac tube guys that I knew and worked
> with said a lot of what passes for "truth" is a bunch of nonsense.
> In their experience, every case of "parasitic problems" in 8877 amps
> could be resolved by properly grounding the grid

Did the 8877 design team use improper grid-grounding that resulted in 
the "oscillation condition" they observed that caused gold to evaporate 
from the grid of the DUT?

> and resolving stupid
> layout issues (like stray coupling - e.g., unbypassed control wiring -
> from the output to the input).  This also applied to larger "tubes
> with handles" designed for applications like VHF TV visual service.
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> This does not apply to tubes with long internal grid leads (e.g. 811A,
> 572B, etc.).  It is impossible to "properly ground" the grid of tubes
> like that ... then other means of eliminating parasitics may be needed.
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> 73,
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>    ... Joe, K4IK
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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org