Hi John,
It would be fun to plug the GE Prog (even a
pre-prog) or the old Motorola Research Line
tube equipment back in. I'm sure with some care
it would fire right back up. I still have
most of it in storage. Even the Link and
Allen B DuMont stuff...
The problem is paying the electric bill.
It costs a lot of money to run those space
heaters 24/7.
Not that it would make a large difference in
the already high $1300.00/month electric
bill. I would imagine that equipment would
easily eat over $50 a month in electricity
Then the Air Conditioning cost to cool the
room back down...
cheers
skipp
skipp025 at yahoo.com
www.radiowrench.com/sonic
> "John J. Riddell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OLD TUBE REPEATERS !
> I'm running a GE progress line all tube
> repeater here at VE3WFM ! 147.090 +
> It uses the 5894 PA and runs 50 watts out.
>
> It is IRLP node 2430 and you can see a
> picture of it on the IRLP web site,
> click on node 2430, then click on the URL.
>
> I wonder if anyone elso out there is still
> running this type of equipment...?
> It's easy to fix, you can see all of the
> parts, it keeps the room warm....
>
> and as VE3SY said......"Real repeaters
> glow in the dark" :-))
>
> 73 John VE3AMZ Waterloo Ontario
>
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