[Amps] Advice

[Roger]

Bill, W6WRT wrote:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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> On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:13:02 -0500, Roger <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com> wrote:
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>> Tubes should always be used as a pair, 
>> except for 813's and 572's and then you use 4 of them.  
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> REPLY:
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> First time I've ever heard "tubes should be used as a pair". I have heard the
> opposite: "If you need more power, don't use two tubes, get a bigger tube". 
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> Care to elaborate?
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Sure, If one tube can do the job, then two has to do it even better. <:-))
Isn't that the contesters motto?
You can go with a single tube, but the "bigger ones" draw tremendous 
filament power and a pair of those means you have to run in 3-phase AC.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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