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I would rip all the front-end tubes out and drive it with a 10W TOA amplifier. You can get these cheap on ebay and other websites.? $20 to $30 bucks. They have 4/8 and a 70v output with balanced and unbalanced and a Mic input. These work great to drive a pair of modulators.? They also have bass and treble.? I use several here for that purpose.

The 813s as Chuck said, wont play well on higher bands. I would not use those. A 4-400 single is the way to go here.? You can modulate the screen with a Dropping resistor off the plate.? No screen supply.? ? You could use the 813s as modulators though!

Technically you won't even need a bias supply for the final. If you build a simple sequencer with a few relays, Diodes between the coils and caps to set delay.? You can ensure Drive appears on the 4-400 before its keyed with B plus.? Set drive to -183 volts using a meter and a choke right to the grid.? This will be 10 to 12 MA.??

You could Grid leak it, OR build an adjustable bias supply with negative -75 to - 175 adjustability. I would not bother. One of my rigs has been running 20 years with No Bias.? It has a simple over current relay.? If drive where to disappear, it just trips.

A single will truck along at 500 to 600 W carrier No problem.
C



From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of kc1at via groups.io <kc1at@...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 5:28 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [ham-amplifiers] Dilemma
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WOW....thanks so much for the input. Let me try to answer some of the questions
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Oops....its not a 350 watt modulator its a 300 watts. The thing is a monster. Has 4 - 12au7s into a pair of 6146's then into a pair of 6080s then the pair of 811s into a CVM-4. Can't figure out the 12AU7s. Lots of components missing or dead ended. I'll probably just make a new front end for it. Seems like an over kill to me.
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truth is I've been leaning towards the 4-400 with the 813s as a back up
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Can drive it with my 32v3. (one of 3) That's another disease i have "Collins stuff. "
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Let me drag out my 4-400 schematics that I've collected over the last year or so.
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don

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