1. K0CQ CSVHF 2010

2. Low impedance parallel transmission lines Back about 1964, I struggled to design a low impedance balanced line to match an array. By 1966, my research showed the common formula was incorrect for low impedance lines. So I wrote the article reproduced in the proceedings as it was published in The VHFer.

3. Low impedance parallel transmission lines Back about 1964, I struggled to design a low impedance balanced line to match an array. By 1966, my research showed the common formula was incorrect for low impedance lines. So I wrote the article reproduced in the proceedings as it was published in The VHFer.

4. This QST

5. This was on page 61 of the April 2010 QST by QST's technical editor

8. Low Z TL I have to admit only about half the professional references mention the restriction on the simple formula and no ARRL resources mention that. The close spaced formula comes from work of Harold Wheeler about 1939 where he found that the charges on close spaced wires concentrated where the gap was smallest and that affect the computation of the distributed capacitance leading to the inverse cosh formula.

9. Low Z TL The earliest handbook I had with the full formula dates from 1943, an early edition of the Federal Telephone and Telegraph Radio Handbook. It was copied from a Standard T&T handbook probably printed about 1942. ARRL publications have missed the update.

12. FT-8x7 TX-INH line Typo in the fourth line second paragraph. Needs a closing parenthesis after “turn that transistor off.)”

13. Adjusting the FT-857 for transverter service I've found evidence to indicate there is a similar menu for the FT-817, but I don't know if the values or the menu entries are exactly the same. It is handy to align the transmitter gain to absolutely prevent spikes and to keep the power minimized for transverter service without needing to go to the transverter mode. Because depending on transverter mode allows full IF power to the transverter if that mode switch is missed.

14. Using TX-INH and DEMI TC for simple sequencing

15. Power Amplifier Protection Concepts Typo, third paragraph third line, “loss, So the”

16. PA Protection ➔ We aren't using surplus parts so often. ➔ Even Russian tubes are getting more expensive. ➔ Exotic SS devices can run a kilobuck each now or can't be bought at all. ➔ Voltages and currents rise in picoseconds in UHF and microwave amplifiers.

17. PA Protection ● The best protection comes from using devices that can stand a high SWR. ● The second best protection comes from using an output circulator.

18. PA Protection ● What to detect? ● Excess supply current. ● Excess SWR. ● Excess device RF voltage.

19. Collins 821A-1

20. 821A-1

22. ● Tripped off on high plate current. ● Tripped off on arc detection. ● Saved many tubes and vacuum variables from destruction.

23. Post 821A-1 Series switch tube also use for pulse width AM. Saves much energy and power supply damage.

24. P TYPE FET circuits to follow In these schematics the pass FETs are drawn wrong! Input is to source, load connected to DRAIN.

25. PA Protection circuits SD G

26. Circuits SD G G D S

27. SD G S G D

28. Steam power

29. Safe Tapping in Soft Metals While machining handbooks say if the threads are the length of the screw diameter, a 50% thread cutting depth is plenty, most tap drill charts are for a 75% thread which often leads to binding and a broken tap. For years I have gone to a number drill two or three sizes larger than the standard charts, but a true 50% chart is better and is in this paper.

30. Safe Tapping I have been thinking the threads extrude into the clearance space when tapping soft metals. So I bought some alloy 1100, soft and gummy to show that. I've failed. But my experiment has vividly shown the value of lubrication.

31. Safe tapping

33. Safe Tapping, drills

34. Safe Tapping, Drills

35. Drills

38. Hole punches

39. Big hole punches