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Subject: [AMPS] Brightest Bottles
From: measures@vc.net (Rich Measures)
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 07:26:23 -0700


>
>>Hi Everyone,
>>Anybody on this mailing list know which glass tube used at ham legal limits
>>glows the brightest?  Thinking of building an amp with such a tube and use
>>it at special ham events.  Maybe mesmerize people with its glow and work DX
>>just for fun.
>
>4-1000A.  Has a BEAUTIFUL filament glow and when keyed the plates turn a 
>nice shade of orange to bright orange as they get hotter.
>
>The holy light of the 4-1000A is a wonderful sight to behold!
>
?  For sheer glow, smaller, tantalum-plate bottles are hard to beat.   



Rich...

R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures  


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