----- Original Message ----- From: "John Coleman, ARS WA5BXO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Discussion of AM Radio'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 10:11 PM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] AM Usage with Linear AMPS
> My experience (which is very little when it come to these sweep tube > rigs) is they or rated for a belch or some thing short and don't hold up > to a fix channel field day adventure with out tube replacement. I had a > DuaoBander mobile for a while rated a 400 watts PEP input I never saw > more than 150 watts output while whistling in the mike. It was in > perfect condition and would light a 50 watt bulb with normal speech. I > thought it would have blown it out. I was very disappointed. Yet, it > was one of the most heard radios all over the country by many AMers in > the late 80s. Well, yeah... when you had the Q of the antenna at about 50, or so ;-) 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR
