fee Assembly and Operation of the Heathkit Monaural Amplifier MODEL MA-5 SPECIFICATIONS Power Requirements: Power Output: « Distortion: Seneitivity: Output Impedance: Negative Feedbac Valve Complement: « Controls: Dimensions: Net Weight: Shipping Weights... Pace 110 volts or 200-250v AG; 40-60 c/a; 5 watts Less than 0,5% at 5 watts 250 mV 2-4 and 14-16 ohma Main loop 20 4B Better than -60 dB 1 = ECF80, 2 - Eis4, 1 - Ezs1, Pilot lamp 643v, O41 arp Selector Switch = radio and gram, Volume Controt ON-OFF Switch Base lift and cut, 9 dB i(t and 6 dB cut at 60 c/a Treble lift and cut, 6 4B lift and 15 dB cut at 9 Ke/a Stove enamelled, two-tone grey front panel and cadmium plated chai 11" x 6.5/8" 42" high, front panel 113" x 54!" 1b ib 14} ib, 100 watte‘WvEOVIG 4IND¥ID ENGLAND SareeaGENERAL DESCRIPTION The MA=5 ix an designed that it can he mounted in a cahinet or simply stand on a hoaleahelf ar ranmedivider, A flange at the rear of the chasais permits easy mounting when fitted in a cabinet, It ig completely self-contained in that it will operate directly from a eryatal pick-up oF Fadio'tuner auich ae the Heathkit FM or AM/EM Tuner ‘To provide quality at very low cost the MA~S uses virtually the same components as the extremely popular Model 5-33 atereo amplifier, Certain circuit alterations have been made to enable the amplifier to deliver 5 watts, ‘The output transformer is a high quality sectionalised type allowing a high degree of negative feedback to be applied without sacrificing stability, Power output is maintained below 50 c.p.a. and a built-in filter minimines the effect of gramophone motor rumble, CIRCUIT DETAILS ‘The firet valve is a triode pentode EC8O with the triode acction forming the tone control using negative feedbacks The high pasa or rumble (ilter is incorporated in thie atage and is followed by the pentode section and then the out- pur stage, The two EL84's are paralleled in the Ultra-Linear Circuit, Negative feedback i# taken {rom the secon- Gary of the output transformer and applied via a potential divider network to the cathode of the pentode section of the ECF80. ‘The power supply is a conventional resistance - capacitance smoothed circuit using a heavy duty rectifier type EZ81. HOW A CIRCUIT BOARD IS PRODUCED It is important to understand how a cireuit board is developed and manufactured go that you may fully realise ite advantages, The board itself consists of a low-lons phenolic shest, To one face of thie ohect is bomdcd @ layer of pure metallic copper, This bonding process is the result of years of research and development and hae successfully pasted cme moat rigid military requirements for electronic equipment. ‘The bond 18 not affected by moisture, ageing, ‘etching solutions or normal variations in temperature, ‘The circuit patterns developed after many experimental circuit layouts are tried and refined, The circuit is finally reduced to a drawing, bearing in mind necessary clearances for voltage breakdown, capacity effects, elimination of undesired feedback possibilities and a minimum of cross-overs. The final drawing, enlarged aeveral times for greater accuracy, is photographed anda negative of exact size 1s produced, The copper eurface of the circuit board Se sensitiged and exposed to light through the master negative, An etching process then removes all the copper ex- cept that protected. by the opaque areas of the negative, The reault is a copper “print” of the circuit pattern, as Necessary holes are punched shrough the ctrcutt board and circuit’ components are then mounted, For physicat sup- port, these parts are generally mounted on the phenolic aide of the board with their leads passed through holes and toldered dicectly to the pattern, Soldering fv simple and quick, using conventional methods One word of caution; we recommend that a small iron be used for circuit board goldering. ‘The amount of heat re- quired is much less than that used for conventional wiring. Soldering pencils are ideal: a 25 or 50 watt iron is entirely adequate. Soldering guns should be used carefully, since they produce heat in direct ratio to length of time tha awitch ie closed, Overheating can damage the clreait hoard and should be avoided, It ie net neceseary to "oweat"! the connections, Any of the radio grades of solder work very well, DO NOT USE SOLDER PASTES OR OTHER EXTERNAL FLUXES, av they will completely rule the eizeull board, ENGLAND CN DAYSTROM LTD.GRAPH NO-I TONE CONTROL CURVE 10, Va | + | | dB O04 Ly y 10. 20- t 20 50 100 200 1000 3000 10,000 20,000 FREQUENCY IN C/S. warwonic DISTORTION : HARMONIC DISTORTION CURVE os 84 Ee 82 33 = ° oS to 1s 20 2 3 3 20 3 0 POWER IN WATTS GRAPH 2. DISTORTION CURVE ctouceste; —— Sarpy can