Re: [Amps] Amps Digest, Vol 217, Issue 1

[Gary Smith <wa6fgi@steeltrails.net>]

I too have a AL-82 have roughly the same current readings +- a few, 
Wavenode watt meter shows 1200-1300 Po.
Great old fashioned amp my grandson can use if he becomes a ham.

They are the kind of amp you can make a tuning mistake (keep it small 
one) and it will forgive you. Not so with SS amps unless they have a 
antenna tuner in them.
73,

Gary...wa6fgi

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>     1. RPC 3-500 tubes (Robert Wood, P.E. (retired))
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> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 17:01:00 -0600
> From: "Robert Wood, P.E. \(retired\)" <woodr90@gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Amps] RPC 3-500 tubes
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> Recently purchased set of 3-500 tubes Made PRC and installed in AL82 amp
>
> This AL82 had the Zener diodes replaced with diode string before I purchased
> it YEARS ago.
>
> Old arrl handbook shows 3-500 (single tube) with 30 watts input (GG-class B)
> with 110 ma grid current.
>
> My AL82 shows about 100ma grid current, two tubes, 80 watts out on driver
> rig and about 1KW out.
>
>   
>
> Anyone else running set of Chinese 3-500 and could share grid current
> readings?
>
>   
>
> and yes this is all issue because can't get power out
>
>   
>
> 73 W5AJ
>
>   
>
> Robert
>
> Midland, Texas
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>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 17:24:55 -0600
> From: Jim <jimw7ry@gmail.com>
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] RPC 3-500 tubes
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> I would try one tube at a time with 25 or 30 watts of drive. See if you
> have a dead tube.
>
>
>
> Thanks
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
> On 1/4/2021 5:01 PM, Robert Wood, P.E. (retired) wrote:
> >    
> >
> > Recently purchased set of 3-500 tubes Made PRC and installed in AL82 amp
> >
> > This AL82 had the Zener diodes replaced with diode string before I purchased
> > it YEARS ago.
> >
> > Old arrl handbook shows 3-500 (single tube) with 30 watts input (GG-class B)
> > with 110 ma grid current.
> >
> > My AL82 shows about 100ma grid current, two tubes, 80 watts out on driver
> > rig and about 1KW out.
> >
> >    
> >
> > Anyone else running set of Chinese 3-500 and could share grid current
> > readings?
> >
> >    
> >
> > and yes this is all issue because can't get power out
> >
> >    
> >
> > 73 W5AJ
> >
> >    
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > Midland, Texas
> >
> >    
> >
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 00:56:55 +0100
> From: "Peter Voelpel" <dj7ww@t-online.de>
> To: "'Robert Wood, P.E. \(retired\)'" <woodr90@gmail.com>,
>         <Amps@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] RPC 3-500 tubes
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> For more power you will need more drive.
>
> 73
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> P.E. (retired)
> Sent: Dienstag, 5. Januar 2021 00:01
> To: Amps@contesting.com
> Subject: [Amps] RPC 3-500 tubes
>
>   
>
> Recently purchased set of 3-500 tubes Made PRC and installed in AL82 amp
>
> This AL82 had the Zener diodes replaced with diode string before I purchased
> it YEARS ago.
>
> Old arrl handbook shows 3-500 (single tube) with 30 watts input (GG-class B)
> with 110 ma grid current.
>
> My AL82 shows about 100ma grid current, two tubes, 80 watts out on driver
> rig and about 1KW out.
>
>   
>
> Anyone else running set of Chinese 3-500 and could share grid current
> readings?
>
>   
>
> and yes this is all issue because can't get power out
>
>   
>
> 73 W5AJ
>
>   
>
> Robert
>
> Midland, Texas
>
>   
>
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