[Amps] Henry 2KD-5 120 Hz Hum

GGLL nagato at arnet.com.ar
Mon Aug 7 22:31:56 EDT 2006


	A crude test could be to feed both filaments with DC?, at least temporarily 
for testing purposes. A cheap power supply (although it is required to rewire 
the filaments in parallel), would be a personal computer one, Its 5V output in 
most cases are rated to 30A.

Best regards
Guillermo - LU8EYW.

R L Measures escribió:
> On Aug 6, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Tom W8JI wrote:
> 
> 
>>>It could be 60 Hz.  It sounds like 120 though.   A local
>>>ham with
>>>band scope said 60 Hz and not a perfect sine wave.  He
>>>said it was
>>>riding on the signal about 20 dB down.  This is an amp I
>>>acquired
>>>recently and the hum problem has existed since I started
>>>using it.
>>
>>Sounds like a filament balance problem to me.
> 
> 
> Agreed.  The 2KD-5 has seriesed filaments.
> 
>>73 Tom
>>
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