Aw... C'mon Collin, we would like to hear THAT story.
73,
Gary...wa6fgi
----- Original Message -----
From: "k7fm" <k7fm@teleport.com>
To: <g3rzp@g3rzp.wanadoo.co.uk>; <dezrat@copper.net>; "carl s."
<carlseye@tampabay.rr.com>; "N7HIY" <N7HIY@comcast.net>; <jkearman@att.net>;
<amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] "I gotta tell this"
> >If one calls 10 times in a pile up to work the DX with 100 watts, and
> >once
>>with a kW
>
> Since I like 75 meters dx, I operate mostly in the winter. In that case,
> the waste heat generated simply supplies heat to the occupied room. If I
> was operating qrp, I would need supplemental heat. The more inefficient
> the
> amplifier is, the more heat that is supplied to the room and the less the
> normal heat is required.
>
> Have you ever seen a cat want to curl up on top of a qrp rig? Cats love
> vacuum tubes. They especially love DX-100s and SX-101s. I have seen one
> high power amplifier that would lift the cat off the cabinet when it was
> fired up, but that is another story.
>
> 73, Colin K7FM
>
> Note to Peter: You fit right at the top of the rationalization expert
> chart. Right up there with Picasso, who told his mistress he left the
> dust
> on his paintings to protect them from ultraviolet rays. Good work.
>
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