[Amps] Plate choke resonanse and safe operation

Vic K2VCO vic at rakefet.com
Sun Dec 7 16:47:35 EST 2008


OZ1AXG Flam wrote:
> Hi Vic
> 
> I did measurements when the RFC was installed in the amplifier. What do 
> you mean by "shorted" ?

I mean that in order to check for series resonance in the choke -- that's the kind that's 
dangerous -- you need to short-circuit the choke with a length of wire before measuring 
with the dip meter. Of course you remove the short afterwards!
-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco


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