[BC] tube sound (tube transmitters)

[WFIFeng@aol.com]

In a message dated 06/05/2006 3:40:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
SBailey at nespower.com writes:

 > Oh by the way, show a 4-400A tube to the kids on MTV's Reality Show, and
 >  they will freak out!

Even better, show 'em a 4-1000a! I've shown those to visitors over the
years, and the eye-popping effect is almost always the same.

 >  I realize a Collins 20V is much more pretty than a BE AM-1A, but lets
 >  get real, anybody with any sense would take the BE over the Collins any
 >  day for every day or 24/7 use!

True. But offer that choice to hams, and they'd be much more likely to take
the ol' tube beast! It's a whole lot easier to move them up to 160 or 75
meters. Couldn't do that very easily with a SS rig! (Although some 
hams have built
some really impressive SS AM rigs!) IMHO, when designed properly, for HAM AM,
nothing beats the ol' firebottles. (Some guys like to really push the
envelope... no pun intended.) For B'cast, nothing beats the SS stuff.

Willie...