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Re: [Amps] Drake L4 with 3-400Z photos

To: Mark Hill <g4fph@mjha.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Drake L4 with 3-400Z photos
From: Jason Buchanan <jsb@digistar.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 05:58:18 -0400
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Mark Hill wrote:

>Jason,
>
>Wow - nice pictures!  Makes the effort on my website look somewhat lame.
>
>Having consciously eliminated all the glowing valves from the shack 
>in favour of soul-less metal anode types, I realise that I have lost 
>something important in the process.  I still have an amp with 4 off 
>4-400 in storage.  Time to dig it out for the Winter season, I think!
>
>  
>

tsk tsk - yep, that 4-400 amp would make pennance - hi

It's getting colder here in new england - but it only takes about 20 
minutes for the L4 to warm up my lil shack to about 80F !

I had to search high and low to find a good pair of 3-400Zs and then had 
to look even more to find chimneys as the 3-500Z chimneys are too tall.  
But the effort was worth it.  The L4's original graphite Amperex 8163 
tubes have a nice glow but not as much impact as the 3-400Z :-)  I wish 
I had some Eimac 3-500Z to put in there - that would look sweet.


73 Jason N1SU


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