[Amps] 'Good engineering'

[James Colville]

I'm sure glad I have a delete key. And a spam box.

Oh... And by the way Jim (VE7RF).... The legal, moral, fair, and gentlemanly
allowable power output here in the US is 1500 watts.

73
Jim W7RY




On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 5:18 AM, Jim Thomson <Jim.thom at telus.net> wrote:

> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:26:58 -0700
> From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Good Engineering.
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:29:56 -0700, "Jim Thomson" <Jim.thom at telus.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >##  chinese 8877's are abt $550.00    For $100.00  more, you can buy
> >a real tube.
>
> REPLY:
>
> Should I go into my log and delete the 10,000 or so QSO's I have made
> with my Chinese 8877 and do it again with a "real" tube?
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
> ##  yes.  The chinese ..."real"  tube #1, would have given you another 6db.
> Chinese "real" tube #2, would have given you another  9db.  Chinese real
> tubes 1+2  are both $659.00.      http://www.rfparts.com/tubetran.html
>
> ##  Both can be rebuilt.   The  8877  is a ..'throwaway' .  Chinese  "real"
> tubes  1+2 are a huge bang  for the buck, no floozy grids.  Now that's
> good engineering.
>
> Later... Jim  VE7RF
>
>
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