Ron, I have a pair of 6146 tubes that suffered the same aspirations and destiny. I now am working on a WA6EBY amplifier to augment my QRP rigs - it runs on 24 volts, much safer than fooling with a 750 volt supply., and will work fine for mobile with a 12 volt input. Besides that, transformers for that 750 volt power supply are not easy to come by these days, no more junk TV transformers easily obtainable. I have a couple of those in my junkbox, but realistically, they will never see the light of an operational day.
73, Don W3FPR On 9/5/2011 9:10 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > About 10 years ago I collected all the parts for a 100 watt tube amp running > a pair of 807's. I was planning to drive it with my K2, which back then ran > 10 watts output. Then Elecraft released the KPA100 and I, to, was seduced by > the "dark side" (literally!) > > Still have the parts. Still occasionally fantasize about a glowbug rig, but > not enough motivation or time. > > Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 4:49 PM > To: Guy Olinger K2AV > Cc: Bruce Beford; elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 > > How about the excitement of drawing an arc off the plate caps of the PA > tubes with a pencil (keep your fingers on the wood). That used to be > part of the excitement of ham radio. Lots of these exciting things have > been lost due to the advent of solid state devices and operating > convenience. > > Nostalgia is wonderful - I have to just look at the array of boat > anchors featured in the tailgate section at hamfests. There is a lot of > gear that I drooled over when I was a youngster who could not afford an > HRO50 or an SX-100 or an NC-300. I see these receivers and think back > to that time when I wanted one, but I resist the temptation, the new > solid state gear has much better specs and reviews, and I know that I > would not want to indulge in a restoration project for that boat-anchor > gear no matter how strong the nostalgia may be - so I just enjoy the > looking and resist the drooling. > > You are allowed to differ, but I am sufficiently occupied with repairs > of Elecraft gear and other personal projects, and do not have spare time > to restore antique gear - others may have different perspectives. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
