[Boatanchors] B&W 850A Doc(s) needed

Rbethman rbethman at comcast.net
Tue May 9 17:48:22 EDT 2006


Gary,

I have the 850A, and it has the tubing toward the rear part, and (It 
looks like:) about #10 or #12 wire for the front part of the coil.

It also has the 10 mtr strap attached to the rear of the ceramic plate.

Bob - N0DGN

Gary Schafer wrote:

>Bob, which one do you have? There was an 850 and an 850A. One had copper
>tubing for the main coil and the other had wire and more turns for the main
>coil. I can never remember which model is which.
>
>The difference is that the one with the copper tubing (and fewer turns) is
>for low impedance plate loads like a 4CX1000 etc. The one with the wire coil
>has more turns and is for tubes like 4-1000 or a pair of 4-400's with higher
>plate impedance.
>
>73
>Gary  K4FMX
>
>
>  
>

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