[Amps] Coupling a blower to an air system socket

[KA4INM]

On 03/16/13 23:10, Paul Hewitt wrote:

> Greetings Ian
> Besides the lower back pressure advantage of blowing into the anode
> compartment, this method also cools the tank components.  This helps reduce
> thermal tuning drift in very hi-Q tanks.

   If the heating of the passive tuning components is a problem with an 
amplifier that has a pressurized sub-chassis a hole or holes could be 
provided by the designer, this may be a practice with some HAM products. 
  I have seen it in some commercial products.
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                 Every action results in unwanted side effects.