Is there a difference in feeding each of the inside sockets on the
jack-bar with B+ from the top of the RF plate choke, vs having the two
coils tied together, in the middle, and feeding B+ there?
I understand that the potential is the same, but for the sake of having
less stray capacitance and a 'cleaner' RF environment, which would be
better, and please... tell me why?
-Geoff/W5OMR
I don't think it makes much difference, particularly on 160-40m and I have
seen it done both ways. Actually, tying the two halves of the coil together
in the middle would introduce less stray capacitance and inductance to the
coil. I think the reason for the split coil and separate connectors for
each half is to give you the option of metering each tube separately with
the series fed circuit in which the coil is hot with HV and carries the DC
plate current to the final. Also, those coils can be used in a link
coupled antenna tuner, and the split coil gives the option of series feed
using a conventional split stator capacitor.
As for the vacuum capacitor, the tank should still remain balanced if care
is taken with the layout. I suspect it would be more sensitive to unbalance
due to stray capacitance and differences in lead length, than with all the
capacitance in a split capacitor.
Don k4kyv
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