[600MRG] No Corona Dope Needed.

[Joe]

Why would high altitude cause an Arc?
I would think the thinner air would make it harder to Arc.

Joe WB9SBD
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On 2/10/2019 9:31 PM, Paul Signorelli wrote:
> I found another spot where my 866's had arced from the tube socket to 
> the mounting hardware. Corona Dope won't fix this, I have ordered some 
> new 'all ceramic' tube sockets.
> This may have been caused by my high altitude operations in Colorado.
> It could have been a Multipactor Discharge !
> Didn't you read Sherlock's paper on "The Failed State of Electronics"?
> Get CQ Magazine, Dec. 2016, p.34-37.
> Paul   w0rw
>
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