Return-Path: Received: (qmail 69782 invoked from network); 30 Mar 2005 10:10:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-spamcore02.plus.net) (192.168.71.3) by ptb-mailstore02.plus.net with SMTP; 30 Mar 2005 10:10:29 -0000 Received: from mailnull by ptb-spamcore02.plus.net with spamcore-l-b (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1DGa87-000Krd-Cg for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:09:42 +0100 Received: from [192.168.67.3] (helo=ptb-mxcore03.plus.net) by ptb-spamcore02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1DGa71-000KOw-54 for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:07:47 +0100 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1DGa9X-00083q-J4 for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:10:23 +0100 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1DGa6L-0007jq-Er for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:07:05 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.30] (helo=relay.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1DGa6L-0007jh-0I for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:07:05 +0100 Received: from smtp.wp.pl ([212.77.101.1]) by relay.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DGa6J-0001UZ-M0 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:07:04 +0100 Received: (wp-smtpd smtp.wp.pl 14628 invoked from network); 30 Mar 2005 12:06:57 +0200 Received: from miglanc.socrates.org.pl (HELO [192.168.1.39]) (sq5bpm@[194.181.189.2]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp.wp.pl (WP-SMTPD) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 30 Mar 2005 12:06:57 +0200 Message-ID: <424A7A39.2020201@wp.pl> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:06:49 +0200 From: Marek SQ5BPM User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <001301c533a6$e3f37c60$2102000a@ibm> <004701c533c7$5f9b2a00$546ca450@preinstapdq0tf> <000801c533ce$756d3ce0$2102000a@ibm> <42494D98.8060506@wp.pl> <005201c534b6$d8a34c80$89618351@w4o8m9> In-Reply-To: <005201c534b6$d8a34c80$89618351@w4o8m9> X-WP-AV: skaner antywirusowy poczty Wirtualnej Polski S. A. X-WP-SPAM: NO AS1=NO(Body=1 Fuz1=1 Fuz2=1) AS2=NO(0.925531) AS3=NO AS4=NO X-SPF-Result: relay.thorcom.net: domain of wp.pl designates 212.77.101.1 as permitted sender X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=failed,none Subject: Re: LF: Re: More on cores... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Filtered: by PlusNet SpamCORE (v3.00) Dear all, Thanks for all the replies, both sent to the group and privately, I feel I know a little more now :) As for the question below, it's a current-switching circuit then, the DC is fed via a choke. As I wrote earlier, changing inductance of this coil does not change a lot, I settled at more or less the same inductance as one half of the primary winding. The output filter coils are made of air cores (screened), with inductances and capacitances same as in YXM's circuit (54uH x2 + 12/27/12nF). This seems to work well. I am definitely going to make a new version of the TX in a bigger case so that the influence of different parts of the TX is minimised and ad hoc changes are easier than now. At the moment even switching the secondary tap is at least 5 minutes of work... 73! Marek SQ5BPM James Moritz wrote: >Dear Marek, > >OK on what people have said about the transformer design. The transformer is >one thing - but what about the rest of the circuit you are using - in >particular, what kind of output filter does the circuit have connected to >the transformer secondary, and is it a voltage-switching (centre tap of >primary decoupled to ground) or current-switching (centre tap fed with DC >via a choke) circuit ? >