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Offline stationqrp

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GU-50 Project finished
« on: April 20, 2021, 0938 UTC »
After about a year of working on GU-50 shortwave tube transmitter project, I finally finished! Download it, build it, enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it.

https://stationqrp.com/data/gu50transmitter.pdf

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Offline Charlie_Dont_Surf

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Re: GU-50 Project finished
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2021, 2127 UTC »
I haven't read it all yet but thanks for the nice write up. I have had a lot of experience with tube (valve) equipment a long time ago and I love the feeling and light in a room full of warm, glowing filaments but my professional experience is strictly in transistors and I appreciate the compact efficiency of them. I probably won't go back. To each his or her own.

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Just to be sure the No. 2 ‘scope probe was transferred to the input of the power amplifier and all  was  perfect  there  at  any  volume  level.  So  it  appears  that  these  amplifiers  do  not  like  to  power into the nasty reactive load of a modulation transformer, only a loudspeaker!

I have had similar experiences. I've had more problems at low frequencies where the impedance of the transformer changes the most but I guess you could have probelms at any frequency depending upon the model. It's good to do frequency sweeps and look for unexpected things.
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Re: GU-50 Project finished
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2021, 0016 UTC »
Very nice work!

Hard to beat the durability of hollow state stuff!
Kiwsdr x 2. TenTec Paragon/NRD535

Offline Brian

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Re: GU-50 Project finished
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2021, 1459 UTC »
After about a year of working on GU-50 shortwave tube transmitter project, I finally finished! Download it, build it, enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it.

https://stationqrp.com/data/gu50transmitter.pdf

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Twitter: @StationQRP

Very nice. Did you design this circuit?

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Re: GU-50 Project finished
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2021, 1339 UTC »
The design is based on approved (Germany, Denmark and UK) xmtr for use on MW and SW.  The approved version has 4 GU50 tubes.

There where 2 demands; parts must be available for years to come and had to comply with international
standards so HFCC membership could be applied for.

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