Voltage swings was Re: [CRTech] New 5 KW AM Transmitter

["Mark W. Croom" <markc@kjly.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Todd" <stodd@kkms.com>
To: "CRTech" <crtech@crtech.org>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [CRTech] New 5 KW AM Transmitter


> Sometimes it would be down around 114 and it sometimes jumped to 126.  If 
> the voltage rose while the lower voltage one was on the air, come pattern 
> change it wouldn't come back on.  If I heard little hiccups in the audio 
> on the one set to high, I knew voltage dropped again and it was time to 
> switch to the other one.
>
>
> Scott Todd
Sure was an eye-opener for me when I learned what was an acceptable range to 
the electric company.

No wonder the motorized APC in the transmitter wears down the rheostat at 
some sites.

Mark
MN