At 12:48 PM 2000-02-15 -0700, measures wrote:
>? If the radio world had been using solid-state amps since the very
>beginning, and a small company in San Bruno announced that it had
>developed a much more efficient, HF linear-amplifying device that
>operated from 22kV at 45A (the 8973 tetrode), that operated in
>high-temp enviorens, what then? Would the electron-tube be hailed as a
>monumental technical breakthrough?
For lots of RF power, perhaps. But how many pico-sized 8973s could you fit
into a package the size of a Pentium? Guess we'll never know ;o))))
73, Steve K0XP
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