[BC] bta-250m

Kent Winrich, K9EZ kwinrich
Sat Jun 3 21:34:03 CDT 2006


Stan Tacker wrote:
> As a curator of a 250GY, BTA-1R, 20-V3, BC1-F, and BA-1k, I can attest that
> these rigs sound great with fresh tubes.  All of these have been replaced
> with solid state transmitters as the main.  As for using the tube rigs as a
> standby...well, just don't turn off the filaments!  Let these rigs go dark
> for a few days and the tubes get gassy quick.  (Actually the McMartin can be
> counted upon to restart at some power level, since it has a solid state
> driver).
>   

Would love to see pics!!


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