[Hallicrafters] HT-32B

[Langston, Mike]

The rectifiers have been SS already and the selenium rectifier has been replaced with a diode. The 5v FIL leads have been removed from the sockets.

Several quick replies steered me to the bias adjustment. Setting it at -51V (per the manual for my line voltage) reduces the plate idle current to 52 ma at 800V. 

Full rf drive now gets me 65 ma and 1 watt output but most importantly, the plate current is now steady. 

So I now assume all is stable and I just don't have enough drive. 

Does anyone have rf voltages for the various stages. My rf probe gives me about 18 V at the grids of the finals with the HV rectifier pulled. This peaks with the driver tune as expected. I have about 3 V at the grid of the driver. 

Thanks for the help.

Mike KL7CD

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