[Amps] rf choke on output

[GGLL]

	That happened to a friend's 813 linear amplifier!. There was a barely notable 
"Tic...Tic..." every a few seconds. Because we had no choke at hand, it was 
temporarily solved  with a 68 K 2W resistor in parallel with Load capacitor.

Best regards
Guillermo- LU8EYW.

Peter Chadwick escribió:
> One function is to stop the pi tank components floating up towards the 
> HV supply if there is no dc connection to ground. If you put two 
> capacitors in series, then applying DC will lead to the junction 
> floating to a voltage determined by the capacitance ratio. This can give 
> problems if the antenna has no DC connection e.g. a dipole: you could 
> get flashover in the loading capacitor.
> 
> 73
> 
> Peter G3RZP
>