[Amps] Johnson kW's

[John T. M. Lyles]

Bill
You have some classics, the T'bolt is one of the ulgiest pieces they 
made, while the Desk KW is a real gem of a workhorse. I would get 
those 810s on the air!

John

>Message: 8
>Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:26:21 -0400
>From: Bill Fuqua <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Amps] 4-400A and QB4-1100 amp - TSPA
>To: "John T. M. Lyles" <jtml at lanl.gov>, amps <amps at contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <5.1.1.5.2.20040901152211.03467448 at smtp.uky.edu>
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>The Thuderbolt was really designed for the old CW  operators running class C.
>Few had SSB when it came out. And under those conditions it did run the
>legal limit of 1KW plate input.
>
>I got one because my Elmer had one with a Ranger (no modulator tubes0) and
>HQ170 and just wanted to set up that combination.
>I also have a Desk KW that I need to get on the air someday while we still
>have amateur radio. Or at least before they drop our max output to 5 watts
>so that we will not be knocking out the BPL networks.
>
>73
>Bill wa4lav