"EP Swynar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ooops...!
I believe I SHOULD have said that in the 6GJ5 tube, the internally connected "...cathode & suppressor grid come out at pin #3", and NOT at pin #8... No matter: it would STILL place the cathodes of the finals directly to ground, bypassing all of the metering, cathode bias resistors / bypass capacitors, etc., which would simply be left "floating". ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ *************************************** > However, I must say, I still remain skeptical and confused (both!) by the > notion of employing a 6GJ5 tube as a direct replacement for the 6JB6 in the > T4X transmitter... > > Specifically, because pin #8 in the rig is directly connected to ground, and > in the 6GJ5 the suppressor grid is connected directly to the cathode > internally AND both the cathode & suppressor come out at pin #8 in that > tube, wouldn't you effectively have the finals in constant "key down" mode > with the substitutes plugged in...? As well, you'd have no cathode/"plate" > current meter readings, either --- correct? > > What have I missed here...? > > I dearly DO want to be a believer, but there must be some Missourian > doubting Thomas deep within me! Hi Hi. That, or my proverbial enquiring mind > just "NEEDS to know"... > > ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
