[ARC5] BFO performance at lower B+ supply voltages.

[AKLDGUY .]

> Very true, but also remember that the HFO operates, normally, with a plate
> voltage of 35 VDC at the 250V B+...

Yes, because there's a high value (like 150K) series resistor 'hidden'
inside
the HFO coil can. Its actual value depends on the coil set.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM



On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 6:49 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com
> wrote:

> On 21 Jan 2015 at 10:44, Leslie Smith wrote:
>
> >   Dennis wrote that the first thing that 'dies' is the BFO.
> >   True, because the BFO plate supply is fed thru a 'wopping big'
> >   resistor.
>
> Very true, but also remember that the HFO operates, normally, with a plate
> voltage of 35 VDC at the 250V B+...
>
> Ken W7EKB
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