> I can't understand the fascination of hooking a rice box to a linear amp for > AM? > I find a qso with this setup boring. > Give me an op with a DX-100 or equivalent and the conversation is > interesting and exhilarating.
I think you missed something in Johns explination... He's using the modified TS-820 at a low-power level output to drive a Heathkit SB-200 to only get around 50 to 75w out to drive the grids of the 250TH final. It's only an RF generator/VFO. Main reciever is a Hammerlund HQ-145. The 250TH's are modulated by (4) 813's in push-pull parallel. Trust me, having been there and having operated that station, it ain't no "rice-box with an amp". The 'big-rig" http://wa5bxo.shacknet.nu/HAMPICTURES/Pictures/Ham%20Radio/BIG_Rig.JPG The Operating console (and some operator ;-)) http://wa5bxo.shacknet.nu/HAMPICTURES/Pictures/Ham%20Radio/am-bxo-style.jpg 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR
