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Old September 5th 07, 03:24 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
John Ferrell John Ferrell is offline
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Default Single Tube Modulator

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:54:46 -0600, Jack Schmidling
wrote:

Is it convenience or the laws of physics that modulators are always two
tubes in push pull?

I have an extra 811 and socket and was wondering if there is a way to
use this to plate modulate my 811 cw transmitter.

pics of 811 project at http://schmidling.com/radio.htm


js

Finding a plate modulation transformer may be the hardest part. They
have always been expensive.

Cathode modulation is my next choice with grid modulation as a last
resort.

John Ferrell W8CCW
"Life is easier if you learn to
plow around the stumps"