[Amps] Follow-up...re: Time to ask for help.

Bill Turner dezrat at outlook.com
Tue Jul 28 04:01:33 EDT 2015


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On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:14:33 -0500, you wrote:

>I think the secret to a stable six meter amp is well RF grounded screens.
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>Don W4DNR

REPLY:

Agreed. 

I recall from an ARRL handbook 40 years ago that a .001 uF disk
ceramic cap with leads about 1/2 inch was series resonant at six
meters. Excellent screen bypass, but as others have pointed out the
socked with built in caps is probably best. 

73, Bill W6WRT


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