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Re: [Amps] Grounded Grid(Screen) 4CX250B power gain

To: <gdaught6@stanford.edu>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Grounded Grid(Screen) 4CX250B power gain
From: "Hsu" <hsu4qro@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:34:01 +0800
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Nin hao George,
   Have your built the amplifier like this GG configation?there are two article 
give the result,100W in and 600w out,but I doubt these result.
       73! Hsu

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gdaught6@stanford.edu>
To: "Hsu" <hsu4qro@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Grounded Grid(Screen) 4CX250B power gain


> Ni hao Hsu,
> 
>>  Anyone have experience in grounded grid  a pair 4CX250Bs amplifier? could 
>> you tell me how much power gain of this configation?
>>    This weekend, I'm planing to do a tube conversion in my friend's Henry 
>> tempo 2001(a pair 3CX400A7),I have give up GI-7B due to its
>>  larger volume.The only choise is 4CX250B.The gride driven configation needs 
>> screen and grid power supply,so I want to  use G-G configation
>>  (gird+cathode as cathode,screen as grid,  due to the 4CX250B   grid's few 
>> power rating, it is low mu triode now).
>>  But I don't know its exact power gain,anyone can tell me about this?Thanks 
>> in advance!
> 
> You are right that the screen grid and control grid can't be tied together, 
> like you 
> could with a 4-1000A or similar tube.  And you are also right that using the 
> screen as 
> the grid in a grounded-grid amplifier results in a low mu.  (It will be only 
> about mu = 
> 5 according to my old Eimac data sheet for the 4CX250B).  So it will take a 
> very 
> large amount of driving power to get the output power you desire.  It's much 
> better to 
> build a screen power supply for use of tubes like this.
> 
> vy 73,
> 
> George T Daughters, K6GT
> CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
> October 3-4, 2009
> 
>
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