[Heath] Marauder un-progress

[pmarkavage at juno.com]

Might also check the clamp tube circuit, tube, and adjustments.

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com

On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:27:18 -0400 "Alexander N. Gerli" <ac1wye at gmail.com>
writes:
> Hi, folks,
> 
> Well, maybe I've spoken too soon. I had success this morning getting 
> the
> heterodyne mixer and driver coils peaked, and making sure the 
> heterodyne
> oscillator coils were set right.
> 
> Next was to put in the 5R4 and see if I got any power out. Nasty 
> surprise. I
> peaked the drive and used the Final Tune to max about 50W on my 
> Waters dummy
> load/wattmeter, at 14,250 per the manual. Seemed all right, BUT the 
> dial
> lamps dimmed when keyed (NOT good) and, worse yet, the plate 
> current
> position on the multimeter maxes with no dip indication. Also, on 
> keying,
> the HV drops considerably. Considering I have brand-new filter caps 
> in
> there, something's way wrong. At least the fuses didn't blow and no 
> smoke
> came out.
> 
> Must have a wiring problem in the metering and I'm going to check 
> the wiring
> for the two new filter caps. I'll bet I need to use heavier wire 
> from the HV
> terminal strip to the first cap + and the first cap - to the second 
> cap +. I
> used some Teflon insulated hookup wire there, and I'll bet it's too 
> thin.
> 
> Back to the bench...
> 
> 73,
> 
> Sandy AC1Y
> 
> Alexander N. (Sandy) Gerli
> 'Corgi Cottage'
> 548 Allred Mill Road
> Mount Airy, NC 27030-2202
> 919-625-7181