[Amps] grid fuses

[Tom W8JI]

> as a "crowbar") in the event of a fault.  In fact, a 
> "fuse" in the
> grid circuit is the opposite of what a qualified design 
> engineer would
> use as it would keep the transmitter off the air until a 
> maintenance
> person could physically strip down an amplifier to replace 
> the fuse
> rather than simply reset/recycle when the fault clears.

That's my point exactly Joe. A fuse in the grid is exactly 
the opposite of what common sense and technically solid 
logic would dictate in any design. Worse yet, one person 
advocates removing reliable fast electronic protection 
circuits and replacing them with a resistor that, when it 
opens, floats the grid!

73 Tom