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There are a number of rigs that measure cathode current rather than plate
current. Depending upon the tube, screen current is only a small percentage of plate current, so even a 10% change in screen current may result in only in a 1 or 2% in cathode current. I have one other bizarre thought - which I admit has not been given much thought - suppose you fed the screen with a constant current source, so that screen current would not change at resonance? Also, off this subject and back to screen modulation techniques, the old Radio Handbook mentions that many beam power tubes will self modulate, with no additional screen audio supplied. Apparently, it can vary from tube to tube. Despite that stateement, I know of many am transmitters using beam plate final tubes that do have audio applied to the screen, so take the statement with a grain of salt. 73, Colin K7FM |
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