[Amps] Blown anode choke in TL-922

4Z4TL_IARC_300 4z4tl at iarc.org
Sun Apr 24 09:00:51 PDT 2011


Hi
Well as I mentioned in my original post, there indeed was damage to the 1 Ohm Anode-meter shunt resistor which opened.
At his stage no other damage is seen or measured.

BTW IMHO, RTTY - as I work it  - can't be blamed for the cooking.
After all I use half or less of the max power and the duty cycle is max. around 50% - even in contests (That's why I never win...hi hi)

The more I think about it, I seems like 2 separate issues exist simultaneously: A marginal gaseous tube with its tendency for Osc
(many small flashes, doing the cooking), and a  "not perfect choke" and/or suppressors, both sustaining crytical Osc & responsible for the specific final bang.

Can  this scenario make sense?
I am guessing and speculating, but this plate choke didn't burn the usual way nor did it open - it just cooked, and "The bang" happened as the last event.

So I am going now to search for that broom stick for the CW/SSB switch....on route for tube testing....with a rewound choke made a little different.

Thanks again
Isaac, 4Z1TL



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