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- From: kstuart@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Kenneth Stuart)
- Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
- Subject: Re: 829 Tube caps
- Message-ID: <28942@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 17:21:50 GMT
- References: <1h8i1lINNnpi@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <1ha16cINNldg@hp-col.col.hp.com>
- Reply-To: kstuart@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Kenneth Stuart)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- The use of 2 KV DC on the plates is waaaaayyy beyond the posted limits
- for the 829B. Somewhere around 750 volts is the max ICAS limit (note
- - I can look it up if you like - I actually still have a few tube manuals
- lying around at home).
-
- By the way, the 829B was generally replaced by the 5894 in later designs.
- The 5894 has much lower capacitive cross coupling plate-to-plate and
- is, I think, a little beefier. I have had a 5894 running for years
- in a 2-meter amp with about 800 volts for the plates, driven from an
- old Heathkit HW-2036A. With 10 watts input, the amp gives me about
- 90 - 100 watts out which means I can "talk" further than I can "hear"
- when working repeaters. There are lotsa 5894's to be found at local
- hamfests, usually.
-
- Also, Fahnestock clips are much used for connection to the plate pins,
- and the clips also help in heat dissipation for the pins to keep the
- tube seals cooler. I wouldn't try to use any kind of insulated connection
- since it would trap heat.
-
-
- 73. ken Stuart, W3VVN kstuart@oasys.dt.navy.mil
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