[BC] tube sound (tube transmitters)

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In a message dated 06/06/2006 09:49:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
kkty at netcommander.com writes:

> Ditto. It  got to the point that I was spending $1000 a year (4x$250ea) on
>  4-400's for my old RCA. Between tubes & power savings, I figured that it
>  would take 7 years for the new Nautel to literally pay for itself. And it
>  never breaks... I think it's popped off in thunderstorms twice or maybe 3
>  times over 4 years. (Jeff W, I love this rig!)

You're right... those Nautel's are nice boxes. I wish I could have seen the 
difference in our Electric bills when we switched over to the Harris... but I'm 
sure it was substantial. Even tho we now need A/C out there, we're probably 
still saving a fortune. Since we're a Daytimer, we save even more at night, 
when there's virtually no load on the A/C unit.

>  And a local Ham's
>  finally made me an offer that I really can't refuse. I sold him a Bauer 707
>  several years ago, he did a wonderful restore & retune on it. I know that
>  he'll give the RCA a good home in it's retirement. I'm a businessman... 
he's
>  a hobbyist. Happy endings all around  ;-)

Ah, yes... warm fuzzies, for sure. Ya just gotta love it. :)

Willie...
N1NKM