"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Wed, 20 May 2009 17:25:21 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Wed, 20 May 2009 02:46:50 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I think they should put new tubes in the old LORAN system transmitters
and
keep 'em running for a while.

There 'ya go - Tubes.

WHOO HOO!!!

~~ From a radio Luddite ~~

Last Loran I had did not have Valves.

You know - you could make the argument that transistors are nothing
more than solid state vacuum tubes.

Which would make them valves.




True, but in conventional wisdom, tubes are valves, transistors are simply
"solid state".

For Calif Bill's benefit, I wasn't referring to a LORAN receiver which is
most assuredly solid state.
I was speaking of the transmitters that are very likely to still use big
old vacuum tube power amp outputs.

Eisboch

I know all about those transmitters. Worked on Loran and Tacan in the USAF.
You know. Military Light.