>> How does closing a relay wether it is a hot closure or not produce a
>> transient in anode current?
>>
>
>"Hot switching" causes a transient in anode current by changing the
>load (specifically, the plate load impedence). Once the output contacts
>close, the impedence changes abruptly and there is a discontinuity (or
>very sharp change ... "transient") in the anode current.
>
>If the relay switches "cold," there is no RF in the output tank and
>thus no discontinuity (transient) in the anode current.
OK, agreed. I should have been more specific. Rich was talking about
how hot switching the INPUT of an amp causes an anode transient. That's
what I have a difficulty with. Problems with hot switching the output
are easily seen.
73,
Jon
KE9NA
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Jon Ogden
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