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I don't remember where I have read that only the control grid had physically push to ground, while the others grid(s) was electrically floating and connected to ground through of the capacitors.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The control grid should be connected directly to ground but never allow the other grids to float. They must either be connected to a standard bias supply or grounded themselves. If they are floating, they will pick up a charge and do things you don't want them to do. :-) Connecting all grids to ground was a common practice in the old days but is rarely done anymore, due I believe to bad linearity. If you're only doing CW, FM or RTTY, linearity is not an issue and it should work fine that way. Bill, W6WRT |