[Amps] Use of toroids in tank circuit of tube amp?

Radio WC6W wc6w_amps at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 7 16:04:37 EDT 2008


Hi David,
  If you follow this link to the archives you'll find a lot of info on the topic in general:

http://lists.contesting.com/archives//cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=toroid+tank+coil&idxname=Amps

  And this one in particular:

http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Amps/2003-03/msg00040.html

  Though, the short answer is that at the impedance levels typically employed with a 4-1000A, toroids are impractical approach.

73 & Good afternoon,
  Marv WC6W

http://wc6w.50webs.com/

--- On Sat, 9/6/08, david feldman <wb0gaz at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: david feldman <wb0gaz at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Amps] Use of toroids in tank circuit of tube amp?
> To: amps at contesting.com
> Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 12:41 PM
> I'm looking for information on applying toroidal
> inductors in the plate tank circuit of a (large, 4-1000
> based) tube HF amp. Are there special considerations in
> estimating core size and material type to avoid saturation,
> or other electrical considerations?
> 
> Very tks...
> 
> 73 Dave WB0GAZ wb0gaz at hotmail.com
> 



      


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