1. General

(a) Shielding

(b) Air Cooling

2. Component Parts

3. Lead Lengths

4. Filament Bypassing

5. Screen Bypassing and Series Screen Tuning -

C. CIRCUIT DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

1. Basic Circuits

2. Bypassing. Filtering. Screening

3. Power Supply Considerations

4. Protection-

5. Keying

6. Modulating

D. CIRCUIT ADJUSTMENT AND CHOICE OF OPERATING CONDITIONS

1. Stabilizing the Amplifier

(a) Testing for Parasitic Oscillations

(b) Correction of Parasitic Oscillations

2. Neutralization

(a) Procedure

(b) Analysis of Circuits

(c) Self·Neutralization of VHF Parasitics

3. Properly Adjusting Loading and Excitation

4. Operating Voltages and Currents for Various Applications

5. Effect of Different Screen Voltages

6. Balance of Push-Pull Amplifiers

7. Harmonic Amplifiers and Control of Harmonics

8. Driving Power Requirements

9. VHF and UHF Operating Conditions

E. LIFE

1. Maximum Tube Ratings

2. Cooling

3. VHF and UHF Life Considerations

(a) Connectors

(b) Tube Temperatures

(c) Backheating by Electrons

F. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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