[Amps] CW and High Voltage

[Jim Brown]

On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 00:53:35 -0500, Phil Clements wrote:

>I have never understood why people buy an amplifier and then
>cut it back so far that it becomes useless!

It helps to read the FCC Rules. For the 50 years that I've been 
licensed they have REQUIRED us to use the minimum power needed to 
maintain communications. 

And, of course, if done judiciously, it can make tubes last a lot 
longer. 

Jim Brown  K9YC