Power output with a tank that doesn't resonate? Not likely.
Have you used a GDO to find if the tank is actually resonant in each band?
(And to find that hopefully the plate RF choke is NOT?)
-WB2WIK/6
"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ku4uk@aol.com [SMTP:Ku4uk@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 9:03 PM
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: [Amps] 4-1000 output
>
> Thanks to all who help me on this home-brew amp. Now that I have it built.
> I
> need more help. To start with. The tube was found on ebay. dont know if it
> is
> good are not. Dont have one to put in amp to see if it is the tube. Ok
> this
> amp is only built for 160, 80, 40 meters. Tank circuit is tuned to these
> bands. No shorts are opens.in high voltage or tank. Antenna relay working
> right.
> Two 1000 pf 12000 volts blocking caps. Ssb resting plate is about 90 ma.
> On
> transmit I can turn drive up to about 400 ma plate & 200 grid. Tune & load
> caps
> have no effect on grid or plate current while trying to load. Inline
> output
> meter shows no watts out. Wouldn't I see some power out, even if the tank
> wasn't
> right ? Thanks to all in group that can help. ku4uk
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