"Lynn Coffelt" wrote in message
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"Larry" wrote in message
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"Lynn Coffelt" wrote in news:donr4h$1u6$1
@domitilla.aioe.org:

just during warm up.


Warmup? 4-1000's don't warmup...(c;

Oh, you mean until the graphite plates are cherry red on the pair of
them...(c;

Well, not exactly, but we did run cherry red graphites for a time on the
homebrew push-pull 211's (aka VT-127?). Shame the plate xformer smoked
during ARRL RCC certificate attempts.

Nothing like the warm glow of a pair of 3-500's key down on rtty, on a cold
winter's night. Almost as warming as a fireplace.

Leanne
W1WXS