[Amps] urban myth and transmitting tubes

[Carl]

To a CBer a 4CX5000A and 10000 is a 4x5 or a 4x10, they dont make any 
distinctions over the construction.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Fuqua" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
To: "ampS" <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 7:58 PM
Subject: [Amps] urban myth and transmitting tubes


>   I was selling some 4-1000A duds as display items for our local radio
> club when a guy came by and started talking about
> tubes. Now, this guy did have a ham ticket but not an old  timer. He
> insisted that he knew someone that had a 4-10,000 tube and another person
> that had some 4-5000 tubes. I tried to explain to him that it was very
> unlikely and as far as I knew the largest radiation cooled, glass 
> envelope,
> tube
> made was probably the 2000T. Are these some CB urban myths or what?
>
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
>
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