[Drakelist] Sick L7

2013-01-02 Thread Michael Marx
Hi All, Well after moving, I'm getting my Drakes back on the air. I lashed up the B/C Line in prep for Straight Key Night. I ran the L7 for awhile and it seemed to be fine. It was putting out about 1000 watts on 20 meters. I left the room for awhile and came back to a very warm room and

Re: [Drakelist] Sick L7

2013-01-02 Thread Ron Baker
Mike, it sounds like the grid choke on one of the tubes has opened. That is about 50% of the time where a tube arc's between the plate and grid.I would not run the amp until that is fixed.If a tube is going bad it will show up again and that could cause more damage than just a