[Amps] Pi-L Tank on TenTec Titan 425

[Phil Clements]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Rich Hallman - N7TR
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 12:22 PM
> To: Gary Myers; amps at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Pi-L Tank on TenTec Titan 425
> 
> I have seen this as well with the two Titan 425's I have.   Seeing a fix
> here would be great!  I love the amp....but would love to see the tuning
> more in the "mid-range" of the tune sweep.
> 
> Thanks...
> Rich
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Gary Myers
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:07 AM
> To: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Pi-L Tank on TenTec Titan 425
> 
> Help!
> 
>  I have a nice Titan - works great for the most part even with a
>  20 year old tube... however on 10 meters the "peak" on the tune
>  capacitor is right at the minimum capacitance point above about
>  28.1 Mhz. Is there anything I can do, simply, to raise this
> just
>  enough to know I am tuned properly (i.e. requiring LESS
>  capacitance)?


A "fix" has been shown for many years in the ARRL Handbook, and others. You
install a small inductor between the plate block capacitor and the tune
capacitor. The problem is that some "bread-slicer" style tuning capacitors,
along with stray C, result in too much C for 10 meters even when fully
unmeshed. You just add enough coil to make the resonant point attainable
with the tune C at 29 mhz. Too much coil could screw up the settings on
other bands. Check out the Handbook for details.

(((73)))
Phil Clements, K5PC