[Amps] Quad Tube 4cx800 hf amp

[Jim Kearman]

From: R L Measures <r at somis.org>

> Yes.  Or, with a tetrode with handles amplifier, one simply turns up  
> the mic. gain until the jammers experience pain.

I understand that much of this is tongue-in-cheek, but just to add a touch of reality.... My experience with jammers, when guest operating SSB contests from big-gun stations, is that while 15 kW might get _your_ signal through, it doesn't help if you can't hear stations calling you. 

What did work for me was scrolling up in CT and pretending to work stations I'd worked earlier, adding comments like, "Thanks, you're very loud, too." Nothing breaks the heart of a jammer like thinking you don't even know he's there, and not even being able to hear the stations you're running. :) 

Everytime a vacuum cleaner showed up on my run frequency, this tactic got rid of it in a hurry.

73,

Jim, KR1S
http://kr1s.kearman.com/