Love it!
I run a YC156 in my homebrew amp.? It's way way way overkill but
at 4.3KV, it runs limit power without trouble and I don't have to
worry about breaking the tube.? I've got a number of now-dead amps
that were killed in RTTY contesting; death by a variety of
things.? But the YC156 is pretty much bullet proof save for
needing to keep an eye on the grid current.? At the low B+, it's
the limiting factor from a tube risk standpoint.??
A buddy of mine convinced me to buy his 15K because it will sit
in the same socket and would look great.? I put it in to make sure
it was operational, which it was, but it's operationally no
different than the YC156 and with the lid on, it's hard to see the
cool look feature.?
The funny part is that since I got the FLEX PGXL which will run
So2r and does just fine under RTTY whipping conditions, I hardly
use the old tube amp now.? The Flex is just a lot more convenient.
73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
On 12/24/2023 9:37 PM, HaL Mandel
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Hi Jeff!
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Merry Christmas.
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I can just imagine two (2), 3CX15,000A7¡¯s,
in Push-Pull,
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Modulated with two (2), 3CX15,000A7¡¯s.
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Riley Hollingsworth would personally lead
the arrest, complete with Thompson .45¡¯s.
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Some years ago, the main power transformer
was robbed from the Beverly-Ann Coal Tipple
in David, Kentucky.
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They got a 20,000 pound hunk out of the
mine
with two feet of mud everywhere, and nobody
knows a thing¡
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Best, Jeff.
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Hal
