D. Chester wrote:
With a normal mod xfmr turns ratio of about 1.5 to 1, I would say run
the modulator plate voltage around 25-50% above the final amp plate
voltage, if that fits within the ratings of the tubes. There is
nothing magical about the p-p load impedance or the plate voltage or
plate current of a tube, as long as you stay within the manufacturer's
recommended maximum values of current, voltage and plate dissipation.
With a lower turns ratio, say 1.2:1 or 1:1 (the famous and abundant
RCA surplus mod xfmr), there would be little need to run the
modulators above PA plate voltage. But you might want to add a couple
of extra tubes and run the modulators in push-pull parallel, since a
single pair might not work very well at that low a p-p load impedance.
That would explain why, when I had an 810 modulator, that I had to run
(4) in push-pull parallel, to get the same amount of audio as I was
getting out of a pair of 811's.
That, and I'm not entirely sure those 810's were as good as they could
have been. But, I was using the ol' Buzzard 5,500 ohm 1:1 RCA
Transformer, with the tag that reads "Secondary: 0.198mA Max current".
Meaning, you could only run 200mA of current through the secondary,
before the core was saturated.
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Driving your AM Rig without a scope,
is like driving your car at night, without headlights. (K4KYV)
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73 = Best Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR
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