[Amps] Want to build first amp

[Ian White, G3SEK]

Jan Erik Holm wrote:
>GS35b costs MUCH less then 8877´s or 3CX1200 tubes.
>For a 160-6m amp I would try a GS35b any day.
>
Me too.

Don't ever get sucked into using a particular tube or transformer, just 
because it's free. Maybe I've been unlucky, but I have always found that 
to be a big mistake! After building the whole project around a key 
component that wasn't actually the right one for the job... it didn't 
work, or certainly not as well as I'd hoped for.

It is always far better to *choose* the key components you really 
need... and if you can get them for free, then that's a bonus. But free 
components should never be allowed to dictate the whole project.


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73 from Ian G3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek