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I recently acquired a Collins 310B-1 that I would like to put on the air.
After repairing the AC input circuitry (blown feedthrough cap, etc.) and replacing the elecrolytics, I found the power output was well below the rated 15 Watts so I started looking at the signal chain. What should the level of the baseband signal coming from the 70E-8A PTO? Measured at the grid of the 6AG7 first buffer multiplier, mine is only 4V pk-pk. That is not enough to run the multiplier class C because the cathode resistor develops 12V when the 310B is keyed. On 80 meters, I get 40V pk-pk out of the buffer multiplier measured at the grid of the 2E26 power amp giving a multiplier gain of about 10. Since the power amp has a grid bias of -60V, the drive level isn't sufficient to operate the amp class C either, and there's no grid current for tuning the buffer stage. I haven't yet measured the value of the 1.5K cathode resistor of the buffer multiplier, so I don't know if it has increased in value. Thanks in advance for your help. Bob AD3K |
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