[Amps] Russian Power Tubes

[Gary Schafer]

Why do you think that the anode voltage will swing to 2x power supply
voltage?

73
Gary  K4FMX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Bill, W6WRT
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 3:55 PM
> To: amps fourm
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Russian Power Tubes
> 
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
> 
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:12:14 -0800, "RICHARD GEORGE" <k6kwq at msn.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >GS-35B is what you want
> 
> REPLY:
> 
> The original post asked for a tube that will run at 3.8 kV.... the max
> spec for
> the GS-35b is 3.0 kVDC. Don't be fooled by the "instantaneous value"
> spec of
> 6.0kV. In normal operation the instantaneous anode voltage will swing
> from aprox
> zero to 2X the DC supply. If your DC supply is 3.8 kV, you will be
> exceeding the
> instantaneous rating.
> 
> http://frank.pocnet.net/sheets/018/g/GS35B.pdf
> 
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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