[ARC5] Shunt vs. Parallel

[AKLDGUY .]

I thought that the peak plate voltage was the same for both screen-grid
modulation
and plate modulation. Maybe I'm wrong. The ARRL Handbooks don't mention it.


73 de Neil ZL1ANM

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 12:13 PM, WA5CAB--- via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> I have nothing to substantiat this guess with but I have always assumed
> that when they went to plate modulation they discovered, or were afraid
> that they would have, arc-over problems with the tuning and padder
> capacitors.
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
>
> In a message dated 07/15/2017 18:19:14 PM Central Daylight Time,
> neilb0627 at gmail.com writes:
>
>
> Why was there a change in the AN/ARC-5 to shunt feed to the 1625 plates?It
> meant one extra component, the choke. I've never in 50 years seen an
> explanation for it.
>
>
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
>
>
>
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