[Amps] RF deck plate tests (simulating HV?)

[Jim Tonne]

W6WRT wrote:

> Divide the plate voltage (under load) by the plate current 
> in amps, then divide
> that by a factor of about 1.6. I say "about" because the 
> exact factor depends on
> how the tube is biased. The closer the tube is biased 
> toward class A, the
> smaller the factor and the closer toward class B the 
> higher the factor. Most
> modern amps run class AB2 and will be somewhere between 
> 1.5 and 1.7.
>
> Any recent ARRL handbook will have a further explanation.

Bill, that information is exact!  But you stopped short
of actually answering the question.

I think you meant to also add on . . .

- Jim W4ENE