From: Rick Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Well, Brian, you are right, the 11 ohm dropping resistor is only in series
with the plate transformer... Of course, you're also right as is Jim that
this would throw the modulation bias off... As indicated earlier, it's easy
enough to operate with lower power by simply adjusting the coupling. I say
"easier" sometimes that rascal can be real touchy.
It's best to run the BC-610 in the full power mode. HV protect is for
tuning up without risking damage to the final tube or other components.
Running the rig in HV protect will result in very poor voltage regulation on
the final, due to the series dropping resistor in the HV xfmr primary.
Running it with reduced loading will throw the load impedance to the
modulation transformer way off, with the possibility of blowing the xfmr or
arcing something over in the final.
The only proper way to reduce power would be to operate the plate
transformer from a variac or some other kind of autotransformer, to provide
a well-regulated source of reduced a.c. line voltage. Then the modulator
bias would have to be reduced, but that would require extensive
modifications, due to the combined audio driver plate/modulator bias power
supply arrangement.
Best to just run the BC-610 according to the stock instructions in the
manual, if you are not confident about doing extensive modifications to the
rig.
Don k4kyv
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