[Heathkit] 6N2 PLATE CURRENT

[Jim Brannigan]

Glen,
Whenever I had really screwy tuning problems it was usually traced to a bad 
RF choke.

Jim

> The 75 pf variable capacitor works fine in the 6 meter
> positon.  It is just in the 2 meter position that it
> is really screwball!  On the surface everything is
> working as it should except that the plate current is
> way too low.  Obviously there is something that I am
> overlooking!
>
> Back to the bench.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
>
> --- mrapps at grandrapids-mn.com wrote:
>
> The 75 pf cap from link to ground is not a loading cap
> as in the case of a PI circuit.  It is used to tune
> the link to series resonance.  All the way out is not
> maximum loading.  If anything, all the way in would be
> max loading and somewhere in between should be appropriate.
>
> Glen, K9STH