[Drake] L7/L75 Mod Kit
Dr. James C. Garland
4cx250b at muohio.edu
Tue Aug 19 23:35:53 EDT 2008
> It is a 50 pf, 7.5KV door knob plate cap with the mounting bracket,
> screws and tinned hookup wire with the instructions. There is nothing
> to show what the benefit of this cap is but it is connected to the top
> of the plate choke and a tap in the middle of the plate choke according
> to the drawing in the instructions.
>
> It is dated 09/01/89.
Sounds like a plate choke modification to prevent self-resonances in the
choke on the then-new WARC bands. Pretty standard practice.
Jim W8ZR
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