[Amps] Mine is bigger than yours (was: Re: Standby tubes (was:Evenmore power solid-state amp's))

[Dr. William J. Schmidt, II]

This brings to mind a good story... When first licensed back in the late 
sixties as school kids, the FCC regs read such that the power input to the 
final stage of an amateur transmitter shall be no more than 1 kW on CW and 2 
kW P.E.P.   My ham buddies and I always fantasized about that 50 kW driver 
stage that would have, technically, met the regs....  someone finally got 
smart and changed the regs!

Sincerely,

Dr. William J. Schmidt, II  K9HZ
Trustee of the North American QRO - Central Division Club - K9ZC

Email: bill at wjschmidt.com
WebPage: www.wjschmidt.com

"If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee; that 
will do them in."  -- Bradley's Bromide


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R.Measures" <r at somis.org>
To: "Phil Clements" <philc at texascellnet.com>
Cc: "'Pete Smith'" <n4zr at contesting.com>; <amps at contesting.com>; 
<craxd1 at ezwv.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Mine is bigger than yours (was: Re: Standby tubes 
(was:Evenmore power solid-state amp's))


>A 4cx35.000C in AB1 is what a wealthy Ham in Japan reportedly ran.
> (22kV anode -- 32A-pk cathode emission, breathed more air than
> Godzilla).  He reportedly said that the beast was not good for calling
> CQ because many people would come back to him that he could not hear.
> This problem is commonly called Nile crocodile syndrome.
>
> On Apr 2, 2005, at 5:09 PM, Phil Clements wrote:
>
>> All this WLW stuff is fun, but I believe that VOA still has a few of
>> their
>> 1 megawatt medium-wave transmitters left, and there was a reference in
>> www.worldofradio.com to a 2-megawatt medium-wave station in Saudi
>> Arabia.
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>
>>
>> There is no doubt in my mind that several of us, (me included) would
>> dearly
>> love to mash the PTT button just one time on that one-mega-watter, and
>> holler "CQ DX" just one time!!
>>
>> (((73)))
>> Phil, K5PC
>>
>>
>>
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>
> Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org
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