I dont see anything from then that disagrees with what I said today Mike,
QRO in those days was a smaller ratio from what is daily these days.
There are even a couble of super QRO SWBC stations owned by hams that pop up
for a once a year "show"
Tubes such as the 3CX15000B7, 3CW20000A7, and various tetrode versions, are
all over the place for not much money. All you need is someplace to bring
in a big 3 phase AC line if you want to max them out.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Waters" <mikewate@gmail.com>
To: "ZR" <zr@jeremy.mv.com>; "topband" <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics
Carl, I based what I said partly on your statements at
http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?297870-How-to-design-rhombic-antenna
.
Looking back at that page, I see that perhaps I misunderstood your
statements there.
Look at the photos of his shack. If he wasn't running a lot of power, you
would never know that from the size of the antenna switches, feedline,
standoff insulators, etc.
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 3:28 PM, ZR <zr@jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
That excuse doesnt cut it Mike and from what I was told by those who were
there his power would be considered pretty normal these days. You can
only
get so much out of a pair of 450TL's, 4-1000A's, etc.
Some on here that you seem to look up to run more than that.
OTOH you completely discounted Dons LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.
Carl
KM1H
There were a lot of tall tales told about W6AM's rhombics. Don't base a
desire to have a rhombic on those fables.
And that's where the term "California Kilowatt" came from. I'm told his
rhombics were loud mostly for that reason. I forget what tubes were in
his
amp, but they sure weren't 6V6s. ;-)
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:36 PM, HAROLD SMITH JR <w0rihps@sbcglobal.net
>wrote:
Years ago, W6AM had a "Rhombic Farm" near San Francisco.
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