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[AMPS] Screen stabilization in 30S-1?

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Subject: [AMPS] Screen stabilization in 30S-1?
From: km1h@juno.com (km1h@juno.com)
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 22:08:35 -0500


On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 14:16:13 +0000 "Ian White, G3SEK"
<G3SEK@ifwtech.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>
>Someone e-mailed to ask how to stabilize the screen voltage in the
>Collins 30S-1. 
>
>The 30S-1 uses a 4CX1000 with a DC-grounded screen, and it derives 
>its
>total anode-cathode voltage from a positive anode-screen supply and a
>negative screen-cathode supply, the two supplies being stacked in
>series. 
>
>That means the so-called "screen" supply has to provide several 
>hundred
>mA of cathode current as well as the few tens of mA for the screen. 
>It's
>way beyond the current capabilities of normal screen stabilizers such 
>as
>zeners, AG6K's series regulator or my Tetrode Boards, all of which 
>are
>only good for a few tens of mA. 
>
>It would be possible to stabilize the screen-cathode voltage by 
>radical
>re-wiring - essentially by leaving the existing two stacked supplies 
>to
>float, and providing the screen voltage separately - but has anyone
>found a simpler idea that will work with the 30S-1?



Has anyone measured the IMD of the stock amp or with the 4CX1500B ?  If
decent why bother mucking around?

73  Carl  KM1H


>
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>                          'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
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