On 4/11/2025 10:01 AM, KG2RG via groups.io wrote:
One friend of mine whois a brilliant buddy from AM said impossible,
makes no sense, not possible. About an hour later he wrote me back and
said the numbers and math definitely match up, but I don’t know how
this is possible, I’m still trying to figure out and get my head
around it, I must be missing something.
What he's missing in his head is the fact that power out does double as
the plate voltage increases only by 1.414 while the plate resistance
stays the same. This used to flummox me, too... then one day as I stared
at the meters, it suddenly all clicked and now, it just happens
naturally when I tune my amps.
Those poor solid-state guys will never know the joy of seeing that Bird
reading suddenly double when the plate switch is flicked one more
position 8-D ...
Steve, K0XP
