> >
> ** I do not recall seeing such an article in QST. As I recall, the
> first QST article to show an autopsy photo of a gold sputtered tube was
> "Parasitics Revisited" in September, 1990. Subsequent to this QST
> article , Bill Orr wrote a letter to QST stating that said article
> contained numerous technical errors. However, Mr. Orr did not mention
> any technical error. QST sent me a photocopy of Mr. Orr's letter.
>
> //Bill Orr also wrote a letter to QST, and one to me, chastising me for
> writing a construction article about running an 8877 at 4kv+ anode
> voltage, and how dangerous X-rays would be emitted from the tube under
> those conditions. I just did it to see how easy the 8877 would be to
> drive with lots of suds on the plate, and found out it sure gets easy.
> QST never printed the letter. -WB2WIK/6
>
>
>
> cheers, Dennis.
>
> > I do not have any more details on the subject because we were QSO'ing
> about
> >another area of high power amplifier design at the time and this was an
> >'oh-by-the-way' type of conversation we had.
> >
> > Unfortunately, when Lucent technologies 'force reduction retired' me on
> >November 15th after 37 years of service, they only gave me about 3 hours
> to
> >clear out my many years worth of accumulated 'stuff' and I did not have
> the
> >time to retrieve my email archives; so those details were lost forever.
> >
> > But if Joe or his friend are still around, and someone out there knows
> them
> >and can contact them, they may be of some help in resolving this issue.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Dennis O.
>
> - R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734, AG6K,
> www.vcnet.com/measures.
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