[TenTec] Solid state amps

[Bill Fuqua]

Sorry it is not a burst but a 5uS pulse at about 100 PPS.
By using long pulses like this I can use a simple diode rectifier and 
single capacitor filter in the Plate current detector ckt.
73
Bill wa4lav


At 11:40 AM 12/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>what sort of pulse width are you able to get?
>working on ionospheric sounder for the back yard :-)
>-bob
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>Bill Fuqua wrote:
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>>     Interesting item. By coincidence I am working on a power tube tester 
>> today. I built one some time ago to check 4CX250B tubes because we go 
>> thru a lot of them here.  I built a pulse tester that basically applied 
>> a large negative cut off voltage to the grid and then switched it to 
>> zero for a few microseconds and measured the pulsed plate current.  This 
>> worked just fine but if the tube arced over I had to replace the hard to 
>> find high voltage P channel MOSFETS. So, I have gone to a different grid 
>> pulsing technique that  uses a more common N channel MOSFET and is 
>> transformer coupled to the control grid. It seems to work great even 
>> with positive grid pulses over 2 amps. Now I can use it to check high mu 
>> triodes as well. I have lots of RF power tubes at home and this way I 
>> can test them with out having to have an amplifier. Even though the 
>> plate current may be several amps the DC Plate supply only needs to be 
>> good for a milliamp. or so.
>>     I simply compare the results with the data sheets to see if the tube 
>> is near spec.. This seems to work with in 10 or 15 percent using a new tube.
>>
>>73
>>Bill wa4lav
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