[AMRadio] Ultrasonic feedback

[sbjohnston at aol.com]

My Ranger used to do a very similar thing, and the fix in that case was 
to loosen and then retighten all the chassis ground lugs, terminal 
strip mounts, and the like.  Over time the grounds get loose or 
slightly corroded and signals leak around where they shouldn't.

Steve WD8DAS

sbjohnston at aol.com
http://www.wd8das.net/
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-----Original Message-----
From: John King <k5pgw at yahoo.com>
To: AMradio at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 8:56 pm
Subject: [AMRadio] Ultrasonic feedback










Can anyone direct me to a source of information or a tutorial on 
Ultrasonic
feedback in modulator circuits such as that in the Heathkit Apache.

My Apache modulator squeals when the microphone gain is raised and the 
modulator
tubes draw a lot of current. As long as the microphone gain is kept 
very LOW the
current does not take off and there is no squeal coming from the 
modulator
section. I am going to go through the section with a screwdriver and a 
nut
driver to tighten up the grounds to the chassis and tube socket.

Ultrasonic feedback is a NEW phenomenon to me. Someone mentioned 
ferrite beads
some time back. Thanks for reading. 73, John, K5PGW






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