[ARC5] T-19 Update
Ian Wilson
ianmwilson73 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 20 12:58:35 EST 2012
Looking at what is working here and what isn't:
- the 1625's draw plate current. So the filaments are lit, their cathodes
have a path
to ground, and they have HV on the plates
- the 1625's have screen voltage (confirmed by the magnitude of the
screen current)
- the 1625's have drive (negative voltage measured, so grid current is
flowing)
- the plate current is much higher than if the tubes were loaded correctly
- the measured output is very low
I think this indicates that everything is correct up to the output side of
the 1625's
(assuming that the oscillator frequency is OK).
Possible problems:
- antenna relay not energized (or relay not bypassed)
- padder capacitor grossly mistuned (variable through the hole in the
chassis side)
- output shorted or open in the connection between the TX and the load
- broken connection between the output tank/transformer and the loading
coil,
or broken connection in the loading coil hardware
To protect the tubes while you are debugging this, you could temporarily
add a
resistor from the screen supply to ground to act as a potential divider.
Hope this is helpful.
73, ian K3IMW
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