[TenTec] Orion in contests

[Rob Atkinson, K5UJ]

<<<2 X 3-500 amps with 3KV and up on the plates are becoming less 
common...>>>

Hmm, not so sure about that one--besides Ten Tec, Ameritron and QRO both 
make 2 x 3-500 amps.   Unless you are splitting hairs in the sense that they 
may not have 3 KV _under load_.  (I think my centurion is 2.6 kv under 
load).  Also lotsa SB220s, L4Bs and others still out there.  I think Amp 
Supply even made one (and only one) that used three 3-500s but I don't think 
it ever got into production.   Of course I may be showing my bias (heh heh) 
towards the old glass envelopes, no delay cathode driven, grounded grids, 
low IMD, no-need-for-grid-protection-circuitry amps.

Rob/K5UJ

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