[Amps] plate bypass capacitor

[Carl]

That only partially works for CW.  The phone man needed a healthy choke and 
the no RF balance point only works on paper anyway.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] plate bypass capacitor


> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:59:45 -0400, "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
>
>>10X the RL was the way it was done and all the old BA rigs had 1 to 2.5mh
>>plate chokes. That was for the old style series fed plug in coil tanks.
>
> REPLY:
>
> If you mean the series feed where there is a bypass cap at the junction of 
> the
> tank circuit and RF choke, there is very little RF there and practically 
> any
> choke will do. Or if the bypass cap is large enough, no choke at all.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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