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[AMPS] Re: 812

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Subject: [AMPS] Re: 812
From: grimm@lynchburg.net (Kenneth D. Grimm)
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 18:40:35 -0500
Yes, my memory didn't serve me correctly.  You have the right line up
here.  The 812s were the RF amps and the 811s were the modulators.
Ken K4XL

Paul and Abbi Elliott wrote:
> 
> In the late 1930's and the early 1940's a very common transmitter line-up
> was a pair of 812's modulated by a pair of 811's.  If the amplifier and the
> modulator were powered by a power supply of 1250 volts or less, the 811's
> could be run with zero bias.  Although both tubes were rated for both audio
> and RF service,  the 812 was used essentially only in class C rf
> applications and the 811 was used only a a class B modulator (in amateur
> ranks).

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Ken K4XL
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