I think he must have ment 6L6 tubes, the 6AG7 is considerably smaller,
and I think I was getting about 35 W out of a single 6L6 in my first rig as
a novice.
Quack
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz@prairienet.org>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 02:48
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 1958 flare?
> You got HOW MUCH out of 4 6AG7's? I remember that those tubes were
> rated at a maximum plate voltage of 300 or 350 volts. I got a couple
> watts out of one with 250 volts on the plate and they ran REALLY hot at
> that.
>
> Good thing they were metal tubes. With 700 volts on the plate and 75
> watts out of one tube, I think the plate would kind of blind you.
>
> See you in SS CW.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> K4SB wrote:
> >
> >
> > I think it was 1957, but in the early afternoon, I was using my old
> > Hallicrafters to listen to a SSB round table. Every continent in the
> > world was represented by at least one station, and every station was
> > hearing the other. The next day, I traded in the
> > Hallicrafters for a receiver for SSB, and started building a SSB rig
> > from a kit. Made a VFO from a ARC 7 receiver, but that limited me to
> > 80 and 20. First amplifier was 4
> > 6AG7s in grounded grid ( and for you newcomers, the 6AG7 was a common
> > metal cover receiver tube ) with 700 volts on the plate. I could drive
> > it to about 300 watts PEP.
> >
> > I hope all of you will one day see 10 like that again.
> >
> > 73
> > Ed
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