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Skylark UK · 26th Nov 2020, 6:56 pm

Many thanks to you all, much appreciated. I've joined the kenwood-hybrid groups as suggested.

I don't have a variac but, gingerly, today I threw the switch to warm up the valves. I followed the tuning procedure to the letter and pleased to report that it loaded into a dummy load on all bands.

Next step is to load an antenna. I have the matching AT230. I plan to keep the output as low as possible. Any additional advice is most welcome.

David

26th Nov 2020, 6:56 pm	#6
Skylark UK Triode Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Altrincham, Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 28	Re: Trio TS830S. First power after 30yr hibernation. Any safeguards/precautions? Many thanks to you all, much appreciated. I've joined the kenwood-hybrid groups as suggested. I don't have a variac but, gingerly, today I threw the switch to warm up the valves. I followed the tuning procedure to the letter and pleased to report that it loaded into a dummy load on all bands. Next step is to load an antenna. I have the matching AT230. I plan to keep the output as low as possible. Any additional advice is most welcome. David