[Amps] Russian Power Tubes

[Bill, W6WRT]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:37:29 -0600, "Gary K9GS" <garyk9gs at wi.rr.com> wrote:

>That's silly....we're talking about building ham radio amplifiers here, one 
>of a kind in most instances.  We're not concerned with specification 
>variability, production yields, tolerance stack-ups, etc.  This line of 
>reasoning may apply if you're Ameritron or Alpha but not if you're a 
>hobbyist wanting to build an amp for personal use.

REPLY:

If a person knows how to do proper design first and then chooses to CAREFULLY
design an amp for his personal use which exceeds a spec or two, I have no
problem with that. What appalls me is when someone gets on a forum and asks if
it's ok to grossly exceed a spec and someone else tells him yeah, go ahead, no
problem.

Shudder.

73, Bill W6WRT