Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10765 invoked from network); 26 May 2002 19:35:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO marstons.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.223) by excalibur-qfe1-smtp-plusnet.harl.plus.net with SMTP; 26 May 2002 19:35:02 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 2230 invoked by uid 10001); 26 May 2002 19:38:56 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (193.82.116.70) by marstons.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 26 May 2002 19:38:56 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17C3af-00067c-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sun, 26 May 2002 20:22:05 +0100 Received: from imo-r07.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.103]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17C3ae-000671-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 26 May 2002 20:22:04 +0100 Received: from WarmSpgs@aol.com by imo-r07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v32.5.) id l.78.272cf65d (3310) for ; Sun, 26 May 2002 15:21:25 -0400 (EDT) From: WarmSpgs@aol.com Message-ID: <78.272cf65d.2a228fb5@aol.com> Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 15:21:25 EDT Subject: Re: LF: Re: Decca component To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 120 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: I tend to agree with Rye and David. I'm not at all familiar with the Decca gear, but a varistor directly across a transistor is a protection technique I've seen used elsewhere in RF amplifiers. Its inherent capacitance is figured in with whatever other capacitance is needed at that point by the matching network, so I would take some pains to replace it with one of the same type. 73, John Davis