PRICE $2.00 HBRATH REIT ASSEMBLY MANUAL Gag seater LINEAR AMPLIFIER MODEL SB-200 595.082.01 26.68Assembly aval TABLE OF CONTENTS Operation Specifications. .. . * 4 of the Introduction. ..... " 5 Circuit Deseripton..-ceeeeeeeneeed 8 LINEAR AMPLIFIER Construction Notes. 66. 6ssseeee need 7 Parts Lists... 8 MODEL SB-200 Proper Soldering Techniques. 2 fro Cireuit Board Wiring And Soldering . . . [12 Step-By-Step Procedure... 2.42. .113 Step-By-Step Assembly Circuit Board Assembly... . apa Parts Mounting Chassis. .".".". << “fis Parts Mounting - RF Shield... ... -/19 Wiring RF Shield... 2.0. 2-122 Wiring-Chassis Bottom, « ilies Wiring-SWR Bridge... ss... 5. (30 d Wiring-Chassis Top.» - cali Final Wiring, «pec sess ces sc ess 136 Initial Test. . 2 fae Final Assembly. 00.025 00 eee eee eeu a2 Hhilslistlon;, 4, sie nsacadsnicmenn aca 4 Operation.» oo... cosas ea] In Case Of Difficulty. sna i180 Service Information Service... +. TEA J50 Replacements. 1... ss, sc sc ee. + 82 Shipping Instructions. <6... 222 fs Warranty. . a os fs2 Schematic. . .. fold-out from page)... 51 Replacement Parts Price List fold-out from page) HEATH COMPANY BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN 49022Page 4 SPECIFICATIONS Band Coverage. ..... beeen eee e ees 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters, cesses SSB: 1200 watts PELP, CW: 1000 watts, Maximum Power Input, . Driving Power Required, ...... seeee 100 watts, Duty Cycle. .... +++ +e+es SSB: continuous voice modulation, CW: 50% (key down time not to exceed 5 minutes), ‘Third Order Distortion, ....... teers 80 db or better at 1000 watts P.E.P, Output Impedance, os ceeeeeeeess 50 to 75 @ unbalanced; variable pi-output cir- cuit, SWR not to exceed 2:1, +++ 52Q unbalanced; broad-band pretu cuit requires no tuning. Input Impedance, ed input cir 0-100 ma grid current (white area). 0-1000 ma plate current, 0-1000 relative power, 1 to 3:1 SR, 300-3000 volts high voltage, Meter Functions, .... eee LOAD: 1 to 10, TUNE: 80, 40,20, 15, and 10 meters, BAND: 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters, RELative Power SENSitivity, Meter Switch: GRID, PLATE, REL PWR, SWR, and HV, Power Switch: OFF, ON. Front Panel Controls. . . ‘Tube Complement. ..... Two $72-B (or two T-160-L) in parallel, .. 120 volts AC at 16 amperes (maximum 240 volts AC at 8 amperes (maximum). Power Requirements, ... Cabinet Size, . . 14-7/8" wide x 6-5/8" high x 13-3/8" deep. Net Weight... . 8 ea see 38 Ibs, ‘The Heath Company reserves the right to dis- to incorporate new features in instruments pre- continue instruments and to change specifica~ viously sold. tions at any time without incurring any obligationPage 5 INTRODUCTION With the increasing popularity of single sideband, suppressed-carrier phone transmission as a mode of amateur radio communication, more Amateurs are finding it possible to run’higher transmitter power inputs than they could pre- viously afford with conventional AM equipment, Since high-level modulating equipment is not necessary in single-sideband service, the cost of converting to high power is considerably reduced, In keeping with this trend toward higher power in single-sideband service, the Heathkit Model SB-200 Linear Amplifier was designed to provide high power capability and complete versatility, Nearly any of the popular SSB and CW exciters available today can be used as a driver for this, Amplifier, ‘The amplifier RF compartment is completely enclosed by perforated aluminum shielding, This type of construction increases stability and greatly decreases radiation that could cause TVI, The Amplifier is forced-air cooled to prolong tube life, CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION POWER SUPPLY ‘The power supply uses a power transformer which has dual-primary and triple-secondary windings, The primary winding may be connected for either 120 or 240 volt AC operation, The blower fan is connected across one-half of the primary winding, The transformer is protected against overload by reset type circuit breakers CBI and CB2, One secondary winding of the power transformer supplies 6,3 volts AC for the tube filaments and the pilot lamp in the meter, Another sec- ondary winding is used with silicon dicdes D1 through D16 and electrolytic capacitors C4 through C9 ina full-wave voltage-doubler circuit to provide plate voltage for the tubes, Re- sistors R5 through R10 insure that the voltage across each of the electrolytic capacitors is equalized; these resistors also serve as a bleeder network, Resistor R11 at the bottom of the bleeder network provides an ALC threshold voltage of approximately 10 volts DC, Resistor R12 pro- vides a means of measuring plate current independently, without also measuring bleeder current, The third secondary winding, with resistors Ri and R2, capacitor C3, and silicon diode D17 forms a half-wave rectifier circuit, This circuit provides antenna relay control voltage and cut- off bias voltage for the grids of the amplifier tubes, INPUT CIRCUIT Tubes V1 and V2 are connected in parallel in a eathode-driven (grounded grid), class B con figuration, Driving power for each band is cou- pled through a broad-band network, consisting of a coil and associated capacitors, and through capacitor C16 to the cathodes of tubes V1 and V2, Coils Li through L5 with their associated ca~ pacitors are used to make up these impedance- matching networks, which reduce distortion and increase efficiency, ‘The correct input network, as well as the cor- rect output circuit coil tap, for each band is selected with the Band switch, (The coils in the input networks are factory aligned and require no further adjustment.) To keep the capacitance of the transformer filament winding from shunting the RF driving power to ground, the filament winding is isolated from the cathode circuit by a bifilar-wound filament choke, Also, this choke provides a cathode current path to ground, OUTPUT CIRCUIT High voltage is applied to the plates of tubes V1 and V2 through RF choke RFC1 andparasitic chokes PC1 and PC2, Tuning capacitor C25 is connected on the input side of tapped final coils 16 and Li, C26 is switched in parallel with the Tuning capacitor on the 80 meter band,Page 6 Loading capacitors C28A and C28B are on the output side of final coils Lé and L7, Capacitor C27 is switched in parallel with the Loading capacitor on the 80 meter band, Output power is applied through antenna change-over relay RL1 and through the SWR (standing wave ratio) bridge circuit to the RF Output connector, The SWR bridge consists of L8, L9, and L10, capacitors C20 and C23, resistors R19 andR20, and crystal diodes CR1 and CR2, ANTENNA CHANGE-OVER AND CUTOFF BIAS CIRCUITS Antenna change-over relay RL1 is controlled by ‘a VOX (voice operated transmitter) relay in the exeiter used with the Linear Amplifier, The relay in the exciter is connected to the Antenna Relay jack of the Linear Amplifier, When trans- mitting, the VOX relay grounds the Antenna Relay; when receiving, the Antenna Relay is ungrounded, While receiving, cut-off bias voltage from the power supply bias circuit is applied through the coil of relay RL1, and through resistor R15, and choke RFC2, to the grids of tubes V1 and V2, The Antenna Relay jack is ungrounded and no current will flow through the coil of relay RLA, which allows the relay to remain open, Thus it connects the RF Output jack (antenna) to the RF Input jack of the Linear Amplifier, ‘When transmitting, the Antenna Relay jack is grounded by the VOX relay of the exciter, This allows current to flow through the coil of relay RL1 and actuate the relay, When actuated, relay RL1 connects the RF Output jack (antenna) to the output circuit of the Linear Amplifier. Grounding the Antenna Relay jack also grounds the grids of tubes V1 and V2 through RFC2, and resistors R15 and R16, This removes all but -2 volts from the grids of the tubes, This -2 volts is operating bias, which limits resting plate current to approximately 90 mil- liamperes, When operating with the Linear Amplifier turned OFF, there is no bias voltage to operate relay RLA and the RF Input jack remains connected to the antenna, through RF Output jack, This permits low power operation directly from the exciter into the antenna without changing any cables, Because silicon rectifiers and instant- heating-filament tubes are used in the Linear Amplifier, you can go to high power operation as soon as the Linear Amplifier is turned ON, METERING CIRCUITS GRID ~ Figure 1-1 Figure 1-1 In the Grid position of the meter switch, the meter is connected to measure the voltage across grid resistor R15, The voltage across this resistor is directly proportional to the grid current which flows through it; therefore, the meter will indicate grid current, Since grid current in tubes V1 and V2 should not exceed 100 ma, only half (white area) of the 0-200 ma meter ‘scale is used for thi urement, Figure 1-2 — PLATE - Figure 1-2 Plate current is read on the top seale of the meter, This seale is divided into 20 ma divisions from 0 to 1000 ma, Plate current readings are obtained by measuring the voltage across re- sistor R12, through series resistor R14, Figure 1-3 REL PWR And SWR - Figure 1-3 Relative Power and Standing Wave Ratio are measured with a bridge circuit, consisting of coils L8, L9, and L10, diodes CRI and CR2, resistors R19 and R20, and capacitors C20 and