[OKDXA] TN8K Fun...

[N5OK]

Wow!  That will get your attention.  No smoke is a good thing.

Coy C Day, N5OK
20685 SW 29
Union City, OK 73090
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On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 6:02 PM Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I just had a nice shot of adrenaline here. I have TN only on 20 m but
> they had a nice signal on 17. So, I fired up the amp (my AL-1200) and
> joined the fray. Nuthin' more fun than bustin' a big pileup.
>
> About 15 min in I see a FLASH! accompanied by a loud POW! and the amp
> goes dark. I didn't smell anything. No smoke. Meters look OK (nothing
> permanently pinned). I check the fuses and both are blown. I get two
> spares and replace the blown ones, grit my teeth and turn it on.
>
> Everything is fine, as if nothing unusual had happened. It was clearly a
> HV breakdown someplace. I thought maybe the plate choke had suffered an
> unfortunate resonance but, nope, it's fine. A tube glitch would have
> opened the plate choke (at least). It all seems to work perfectly fine...
>
> 73 & CU in the Pileups (maybe),
>
> Kim N5OP
>
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