[AMPS] Splatter and ALC

[w8jitom@postoffice.worldnet.att.net]

> There was a multi-page article in one of the ham magazines years ago
> stating that new tubes in a linear amp produce clean, crisp, audio
> for a period of time...however long it takes the "new" to wear off
> a tube. That graphite 3-500Z's produce far cleaner and crisper audio
> than their predecessors, and several other descriptions of how linear
> amplifiers can act as audio processors. I don't remember if it was an 
> April fool's spoof or not, but several ham factions must share the
> blame with the freeband/cb'ers in propagating this nonsense!


That's right

But then what can you expect from a guy who also writes 
"waxing a car improves gas mileage", and a few pages later 
"installing a new battery every few years makes a car run better 
because it doesn't work so hard top keep the old battery charged"?
 
73, Tom W8JI 

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