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Subject: [AMPS] re failures
From: measures@vc.net (Rich Measures)
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 97 17:21:12 -0700
>At 07:04 AM 6/19/97 -0700, Rich wrote:
>>
>>Oops, 'rheostat' + 'filament V' is a major faux pas, Peter.  During the 
>>grate vhf parasitics debate, the Rauchian Camp, repeatedly asserted that 
>>rheostats should NOT be used to allow fine adjustment of the filament V.  
>>If you guessed that none of Mr. Rauch's Ameritron/MFJ amplifier designs 
>>use rheostats, congrats.  
>>
...snip...
>Can you point to any commercially available AMATEUR amplifier in general 
>release (something that sells more than a hand full of copies a year)
>that uses a rehostat to control the filament voltage?  

I have never heard of ANY amplifier that uses such a device. 
Rich---

R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K   


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