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[AMPS] BC610... no 833's

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Subject: [AMPS] BC610... no 833's
From: 2@vc.net (measures)
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:57:10 -0700
>
>
>It was written...
>
>"BC-610 output tank coils that were used in a plate modulated
>c1940 transmitter that ran a pushpull pair of 833 modulated by 810's 
>(? before my time).  The BC-610 tank used a nifty swinging coil 
>output link coupling."
>
>I'm sure the BC610 that I used when I was a radio operator for Uncle 
>Sam was a single 250-TH modulated by a pair of 100-TH's.  It did have 
>a nifty-but-clumsy output tank, but it wasn't bandswitched.  If I 
>were building a new amp for serious use, I wouldn't use much of this 
>technology.  If I were going for the nostalgic orange glow, I'd used 
>a more modern tube, like a 3-500  (and don't forget the nice purple 
>glow of the Hg rectifier tubes!)
>
And the sweet ozone smell that turned out be harmful.  
>
later, George

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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