[Amps] plate bypass capacitor

[Bill, W6WRT]

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On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 12:46:15 -0500, "Roy" <royanjoy at ncn.net> wrote:

> At RF frequencies they exhibit much, much higher effective 
>impedances of up to over a megohm at their first fundamental parallel self 
>resonance, which is ideally put into use for highest efficiency.  

REPLY:

At the power level we are talking about, you absolutely do not want the RF choke
to be parallel resonant at the operating frequency, lest you soon have a
smoke-filled room. :-)

At QRP level, you probably could get away with it.

73, Bill W6WRT