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John Smith I · March 5th 07, 01:28 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy

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...

Len:

I always wanted a KW amp.

Finally the old guy who assisted me into radio broke down, brought out
the greenlee punches, drills, hacksaw, ceramic sockets, tubes and we
constructed one, I certainly could NOT have done it with out his
assistance. We scavenged old military gear I had accumulated and stuff
he had for wide spaced (HV) variable caps, hv transformer, filter caps,
chokes, resistors, plate coils, etc.

In the end, it was rather large, plenty of space to work on stuff in
there, and even room for an old LARGE muffin fan.

My shack, back then was the basement of my parents home. It got cold
down there in the winter, those tubes filaments (10amps at 2.5v if I
remember correctly X 2, PLUS the plate dissipation when xmitting)
provided some nice warmth (plates would glow a nice dim/dull red when ya
got long winded and peaked her for max tube capacity)--I sat on the
expanded metal case of that amp which sat upon a low stool, and enjoyed it!

Later had three boys. Only bothersome thing is that third eye in the
middle of their foreheads ... ROFLOL!

Comeon', ya can't kid a kidder!

Actually, that is a true story ... well, except for the third eyes.

HF just doesn't excite the molecules in the body to the degree necessary
to do damage (well, a 10kw-100KW I might begin to worry about.)

VHF I would be cautious of, but then I think 50w is conservative and low
here, UHF and above I have NO doubt about ... HF is about as dangerous
as high powered audio freqs, excepting ones ears.

JS
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http://assemblywizard.tekcities.com

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