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From: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
To: 'amps' <amps@contesting.com>; Peter Chadwick
<Peter_Chadwick@mitel.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Date: 24 June 1999 19:48
Subject: RE: [AMPS] Peak reading vs True peak
From: Peter Chadwick <Peter_Chadwick@mitel.com>
Date sent: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:30:27 +0100
>
> Tom says:
>
> >The tube also draws less current, because HV is less.
>
> No. The tube draws maximum current when the plate volts
are minimum, and
> the grid the most positive (which may not necessarily be
positive with
> respect to cathode). So it's swing that gets cramped - the
minimum plate
> voltage shouldn't move that far.
You are viewing short term fractional cycle behavior and
trying to
use it to explain long term averaged current and power.
Another way to look at it is to work with the current curves
and see what happens when the load line end point moves to
reflect the lower ht.
Steve
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