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[AMPS] A look underneath the Ugly amp. chassis.

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Subject: [AMPS] A look underneath the Ugly amp. chassis.
From: wb8jkr@juno.com (Mark S Graalman)
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 04:51:53 -0500
  Are we sure the "rheostat" isn't in the HV metering divider to
adjust the HV meter? That would make a damm site more sense.

Mark  WB8JKR


On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 00:10:40 -0600 Jon Ogden <jono@enteract.com> writes:
>
>on 11/3/99 22:18, measures at measures@vcnet.com wrote:
>
>>> Go figure.  Hey, I have a rheostat on my
>>> filament AND on my HV primary.
>>> 
>> A rheostat in the HV transformer primary is bananas.
>
>
>Why?  Too much loss?
>
>Granted, you might not need to use it very often if ever, but I can 
>set my
>operating voltage to be whatever I want it to be.  No, it isn't 
>changed, and
>I probably wouldn't change it.
>
>Would I have put one in had I done the power supply myself originally?
>Probably not.  But it was there already.
>
>73,
>
>Jon
>KE9NA
>
>-------------------------------------
>Jon Ogden
>KE9NA
>
>http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
>
>

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