>Knew this guy in Riverside years ago -- W6CHR "Clear Channel Radio" as he
>use to say after signing his call -- had a pair of 4-65A's running the
>G2DAF (?) circuit -- the circuit where drive is used to develop screen
>voltage. Anyhow, driven with a Collins transmitter the beast put out 1KW
>-- no shit! Don't know what it sounded like, or how dirty the thing was
>-- but it put out an honest 1KW as measured on a Bird watt meter. Of
>course, the plates would go incandescent -- unbelievably bright -- I mean
>like a light bulb bright.
>
>He kept a few spares on hand -- cuz they would melt down occasionally. He
>also had a pair of 4-1,000A using the same circuit and used the 2X4-65A to
>drive that -- an easy 5,500 out as I recall.
>
>He was always "wide," as in 100Mhz wide.
I measured W6CHR at c. 100KHz.
>Seems all the DAF'ers I've heard
>on the air over the years were on the dirty side -- but you could never
>convince them of that.
>
Amen.
cheers, Steve
>
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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