[Amps] 8877 Filament choke

Bob Maser bmaser at tampabay.rr.com
Thu Nov 15 18:17:26 EST 2007


Oh, BTW, Bill shows a 8877 built for 6M and it does use a filament choke in 
series with the filament.  Same book page 22.71

Bob W6TR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger" <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com>
To: "Bob Maser" <bmaser at tampabay.rr.com>; "Rick Stealey" 
<rstealey at hotmail.com>; <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] 8877 Filament choke


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>
>
>> With an indirectly heated cathode you don't need a filament choke, in the 
>> HF
>> region.
>
> What about when running one on 6-meters?
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>>
>> Bob  W6TR
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Rick Stealey" <rstealey at hotmail.com>
>> To: <amps at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:26 AM
>> Subject: [Amps] 8877 Filament choke
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Info in the ARRL handbook seems to indicate that it might be better to 
>>> not
>>> use a filament choke on an 8877 amplifier, that it might cause more
>>> problems than it solves.
>>> I wonder what you guys who have homebrewed 8877s think?
>>>
>>> Rick  K2XT
>>>
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