I'll go peruse the archives again but I'm going to post this here anyway.
I noticed while on 20m tonight running about a kw that the tank coil was
getting
HOT, one of the wires connected to it (the 20m section) was turning a nice shade
of darker! the coil is warm.
also When I pulled the cover (I was looking to see where all the hot smell was
comming from)
I noticed that a doorknob cap I have installed next to the load vacuum cap was
also warm!
i'm using that cap to get me on 80m its in parallel with the 1000pf vacuum cap
everyone I talk to with it said they notice NO noticible difference when its on
or off only
a few s units higher! (no audible distortion)
the cap I am using is labelled n4700 591m 30kv 706h and has a c with an m
inside of it.
are these suitable for what I am doing? hell, its 30kv! why warm? what should I
be looking for?
the amp seems to load up pretty good into the vertical with an swr of less than
1.3 to 1
thanks for any help
chuck, ka1mwp
the schematic is at
http://home.comcast.net/~ka1mwp
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