K5AM
home
6 meter kW amplifier.
Construction date: 1961.

Brief description:
RF Deck. 14 inch rack panel.
Input circuit. Push-pull,
split-stator tuning capacitor, lower dial.
Input matching with series link capacitor at lower right.
Output circuit. Push-pull,
split-stator tuning capacitor, upper dial.
Output load control with geared swinging link and series link capacitor at upper left.
Filaments. Voltage adjustment
at lower left.
Meter and control panel. 7
inch rack panel.
Screen voltage. 810 volts, VR
tubes, dropping resistor from HV.
Cool-down circuit: "Amplifier Cool-Down
Circuits," QST,
March, 1989, 35-36.
Input for full output: 8
watts.
Output: 1200 watts, using the original 1961 Eimac tubes.
Full description; in preparation.
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