I have heard some REALLY "olde tymers" say that they ran a 6L6 with like 1200
volts on the plate. They had to send CW really fast because a short "dah"
turned the plate red hot and a long "dah" melted it!
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Thu, 5/26/11, Roger (sub1) <sub1@rogerhalstead.com> wrote:
I used to run 813's well past showing color. They were downright glowing, yet I
never had any problems with them. Of course back then they were $5 to free and
"we" as in most hams I knew running them, never worried about pushing a tube "a
little"
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