Thanks everyone for your on-list and off-list replies. Think I'll add this
project to the to do list.
73
Stan
KM4HQE
On November 8, 2017 1:28:57 PM CST, Jeff <keepwalking188@ac0c.com> wrote:
>The tube is ok. It needs voltage to really do a good job so for the B+
>
>think above 2500. Plus you need a pi input net to get decent
>efficiency out
>of the tube. A swamped resistor drive results in poor efficiency.
>
>73/jeff/ac0c
>www.ac0c.com
>alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Wright
>Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 1:09 PM
>To: amps@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [Amps] GI-7b amp
>
>On 08/11/17 09:03, Stan Gammons wrote:
>> I was looking at "The Everyham's Amplifier" in the latest handbook
>and it
>> mentions using a pair of GI-7B tubes. I have a pair of these I was
>going
>> to use for a Clipperton L conversion, but I changed my mind. I've
>seen
>> some comments saying the IMD performance of the GI-7B isn't very
>good. Is
>> this correct or is the GI-7B a decent choice for a homebrew amp?
>
>You've seen those comments because of a very small fringe group (here
>and elsewhere) choose to push their own religion of cleanliness - so
>much so that other hams hesitate.
>
>Don't feed their narcissism. Just build it. You'll have fun making it
>and using it.
>
>S
>
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