Re: [Drakelist] What have I done now?

2014-03-14 Thread Damien Mannix
...@flash.net To: damienman...@hotmail.com; drakelist@zerobeat.net Subject: Re: [Drakelist] What have I done now? Hi Damien: Yes, especially when replying to posts, be sure to note where the reply is directed address-wise. Always good to copy the list

Re: [Drakelist] What have I done now?

2014-03-14 Thread Damien Mannix
...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Drakelist] What have I done now? Damien - We're glad to have you join us.! It's a good group, and they all love Drake gear :-) Unfortunately, no. The problem is almost certainly that at one point the Plate and Screen voltages on the PA were 'up

Re: [Drakelist] What have I done now?

2014-03-13 Thread cnixon
Thinking about it a little more, since it may or may not have transitioned to TX, the driver or any of the other tubes that are bias controlled can do the same at reduced voltages. Hope there was no long term damage. I once worked on a FT101E that had a defective socket on the grid of one

Re: [Drakelist] What have I done now?

2014-03-13 Thread cnixon
08:25:26 -0500 From: cptc...@flash.net To: drakelist@zerobeat.net Subject: Re: [Drakelist] What have I done now? Thinking about it a little more, since it may or may not have transitioned to TX, the driver or any of the other tubes that are bias controlled can do the same at reduced voltages

Re: [Drakelist] What have I done now?

2014-03-13 Thread cnixon
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:07:11 -0500 From: cptc...@flash.net To: damienman...@hotmail.com; drakelist@zerobeat.net Subject: Re: [Drakelist] What have I done now? Hi Damien: Doesn't change my thoughts really. Even tho the relay for Tx would not be engaged, and this keeps the cathodes

Re: [Drakelist] What have I done now?

2014-03-12 Thread cnixon
I may get disagreement on this but I would NEVER bring up a PS like this attached to a transmitter. When you do that, the bias is minimal, and ven at low plate voltage, the finals are going to be conducting I suspect. Really hard to tell what is going to be happening. If you want to bring