Thank you to everyone for your suggestions on the ART 13 tuning. The issue turned out to be a week 813 final and a shorted antenna, loading capacitor.
Mack
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1. Re: Suggested tuning for ART-13 into a 50 ohm antenna on 75M?
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2. T-195 FSK IN and MO cables (B. Smith)
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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:24:20 -0400
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Suggested tuning for ART-13 into a 50 ohm antenna on 75M?
Be very careful when extracting the 813 from its socket, the tube socket
connections are very fragile and break loose from the ceramic.
k4che
On 3/14/2023 6:02 PM, Mack McCormick wrote:
> Ken,
>
> These are all excellent thoughts and I too have arrived at the same
> conclusion that the probable cause is a weak 813. I have others to test.
>
> The PS is stiff with low ripple. I completely rebuilt it for my
> friend. 1100 VDC, 400 VDC, and 27.5 VDC. All very stiff and pure.
>
> Let me swap out a couple of 813's and I'll report the results back here.
>
> Thanks again/
>
> 73,
>
> Mack
> W4AX
> https://www.qrz.com/db/w4ax
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 2:13 PM Kenneth G. Gordon
> <kgordon2006@frontier.com> wrote:
>
> On 14 Mar 2023 at 5:17, Mack McCormick wrote:
>
> >
> > Ken,
> >
> > Thank you. I made a typo in my original posting. I am using
> 2000pf not 4000pf.
> >
> > Mack
> > W4AX
>
> Oh. OK.
>
> Second question: are you sure your 813 is not weak or worn out? As
> I read it from various
> documents I have here on the ART-13, output should be around 100
> watts.
>
> You are getting 60 even with SWR at 1:1. That almost perfect SWR
> means to me that your
> impedance-matching must be close to perfect.
>
> And THAT sounds to me like a weak tube.
>
> At this point, I sincerely doubt that your problem has anything to
> do with tuning. Yours sounds
> pretty close to perfect.
>
> Lastly, how is your screen voltage? Low screen voltage to the
> final can also cause low power
> output.
>
> But you know that.
>
> I think that if I had the same symptoms you are experiencing, I
> would, at least temporarily,
> jack up the screen voltage to see what that does. The 813 can use
> up to 1100 VDC screen
> voltage for SOME services. If increasing the screen voltage
> significantly increases power
> output, then the tube is weak.
>
> I am assuming you are using an AC supply with 28 VDC, 1150 VDC and
> 400 VDC outputs.
> Are you certain your power supply is up to snuff?
>
> A weak driver tube could also cause your symtoms, but that would
> show up with low grid
> current.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
>
>
>
>
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