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Refurbishing a Linear Amp (Part One)

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 04/04/2013 by G4XFC13/04/2013

This is a series of articles doing a step by step refurbishment on an old homebrew HF linear amplifier. It has to be taken into consideration that when the Linear Amp was built everything at that time would be valves which were more forgiving unlike the transistors of today. The amp was 2 X RCA813 valves wired in grounded grid configuration and the input was fed directly to the cathodes of the valves with no matching network. (this was common in the old valve days) The first step was a visual examination of the linear and I was suspicious about … Continue reading →

Posted in Home Brew, Linear Amp, Refurbishment | Tagged electrolytic, high voltage, linear amp, power supply, refurbishment | Leave a reply

Electrolytic’s! DON’T BLOW YOUR FUSE!!!

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 30/03/2013 by G4XFC31/03/2013

Electrolytic’ Capacitors may smooth out our ripples but they do need some TLC or they will blow your equipments main fuse. They do benefit from a regular top up of electricity but some are neglected and need a little bit of extra TLC to bring them back to life. This short article is covering the poor neglected electrolytic capacitors that have not had an electron pass through them for a very long time and is to give you advice on giving them that extra TLC. More information on electrolytic capacitors can be found on the Wikipedia. While this topic is … Continue reading →

Posted in Home Brew, Linear Amp, Refurbishment | Tagged electrolytic, re form, variac | Leave a reply

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