[CQ-Contest] 1958 flare?

[K4SB]

Rex Maner wrote:
> I think he must have meant  6L6 tubes,  the 6AG7 is considerably smaller,
> and I think I was getting about 35 W out of a single 6L6 in my first rig as
> a novice.
> Quack

Well, it's been 48 years, but as I remember it, the 6AG7 was a metal
covered tube commonly used in BC radios at that time. About 4 inches
tall, 3 grids, cathode, plate and heater.

Now surely, someone from that era long ago saw the article.

It definitely wasn't a 6L6. 

73
Ed