Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:03:07 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:06:12 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:27:22 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:21:40 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

However, I can tell the difference between, say, my Mac 50s and a
similar power level solid state monoblock.

I think it's safe to say that the old tube amps had more "warmth",
just the thing for a cold winter's night in New England. :-)

Plus, the extra added advantage of glowing in the dark.

Nothing like a dim room and the soft glow of vacuum tubes. :)

I should take a picture of my Dad's Collins S-line some evening after
dark.

Now that's a sight. :)

Don't the 30S-1 and 30L-1 use ceramic output tubes? Now the glass tubes
in
the rx and tx would glow for sure.

Only the 30S-1 - cathode drive, ceramic triodes. The 30L-1 uses four
811A glass triodes cathode drive in parallel.

Got it, tnx.....memory fart.

The only reason I know that is because my Dad had both of them - the
S-1 I sold a few years ago because it is much too big for my purposes.

Besides, the L-1 looks better on the desk. :)

Even the geek who has everything...
 

Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Aug 19, 5:13*pm, hk wrote:
wrote:

Libs don't really understand art unless it has a pricetag, and a good
one.. of if one of their friends have it;) *

Please...stop demonstrating your ignorance and idiocy. You've long ago
convinced us.

If it weren't for "liberals," there wouldn't be much art, music or
literature. Most of the world's great artists in every medium were
forward-thinkers, and if they were championed, it was by those with
liberal underpinnings.

Ok, let me change that to elite, closed minded, narcissistic, cowardly
hide under your desk and troll, weren't allowed to listen to radio as
a kid, attacks in every forum he posts to, liberals... You know, the
intolerant ignorant kind, like salty...

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:03:07 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:06:12 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:27:22 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:21:40 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

However, I can tell the difference between, say, my Mac 50s and a
similar power level solid state monoblock.

I think it's safe to say that the old tube amps had more "warmth",
just the thing for a cold winter's night in New England. :-)

Plus, the extra added advantage of glowing in the dark.

Nothing like a dim room and the soft glow of vacuum tubes. :)

I should take a picture of my Dad's Collins S-line some evening after
dark.

Now that's a sight. :)

Don't the 30S-1 and 30L-1 use ceramic output tubes? Now the glass tubes
in
the rx and tx would glow for sure.

Only the 30S-1 - cathode drive, ceramic triodes. The 30L-1 uses four
811A glass triodes cathode drive in parallel.

Got it, tnx.....memory fart.

The only reason I know that is because my Dad had both of them - the
S-1 I sold a few years ago because it is much too big for my purposes.

Besides, the L-1 looks better on the desk. :)

I used to have a KW-1. There was a real brute. While I was in the USMC on
Okinawa in '59 I used to transmit hour after hour of RTTY messages back home
at full legal power plus a little for good measure.

Even the geek who has everything...
 

Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:08 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Aug 19, 5:13*pm, hk wrote:
wrote:

Libs don't really understand art unless it has a pricetag, and a good
one.. of if one of their friends have it;) *

Please...stop demonstrating your ignorance and idiocy. You've long ago
convinced us.

If it weren't for "liberals," there wouldn't be much art, music or
literature. Most of the world's great artists in every medium were
forward-thinkers, and if they were championed, it was by those with
liberal underpinnings.

Ok, let me change that to elite, closed minded, narcissistic, cowardly
hide under your desk and troll, weren't allowed to listen to radio as
a kid, attacks in every forum he posts to, liberals... You know, the
intolerant ignorant kind, like salty...

Forward-thinking liberal...now there's an oxymoron.
--
** Good Day! **

John H

Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Aug 19, 5:21*pm, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 19, 5:13 pm, hk wrote:
wrote:

Libs don't really understand art unless it has a pricetag, and a good
one.. of if one of their friends have it;) *
Please...stop demonstrating your ignorance and idiocy. You've long ago
convinced us.

If it weren't for "liberals," there wouldn't be much art, music or
literature. Most of the world's great artists in every medium were
forward-thinkers, and if they were championed, it was by those with
liberal underpinnings.

Ok, let me change that to elite, closed minded, narcissistic, cowardly
hide under your desk and troll, weren't allowed to listen to radio as
a kid, attacks in every forum he posts to, liberals... You know, the
intolerant ignorant kind, like salty...

When you say cowardly, I automatically think of Reggie first.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Not me, I think of you hiding behind your precious Bozo's bin calling
people names, you lying pig.

Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Aug 19, 5:09*pm, wrote:
On Aug 19, 4:50*pm, John H. salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote:





On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:46:27 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:19:08 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Aug 19, 3:44*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:30 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:15:17 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Hendrix sounds like ****, digital.

Does anyone honestly have any idea what that means? I'm sure
Stairflopper doesn't. I'm just curious if anyone else can parse it and
make some sense of it.

Maybe he's not a Hendrix fan. *:)

Our family attorney is a big time audiophile with all kinds of early
Marantz, Mac and Sherwood stuff - collects them actually - and once I
took over my prized Derek and The Dominos (autographed) album to play
on his Mac system.

The comparison to what you get off a CD is incredible to say the
least.

To say the least indeed.. if he had to ask, he can never understand.

How can anyone be expected to understand your complete gibberish? What
you said made absolutely no sense no matter where the puctuation might
be placed.

Unless you think Hendrix played and recorded on digital equipment and
you just left out a lot of verbiage.

No... even YOU couldn't be that stupid. You'd have forgotten to
breathe a long time ago and you wouldn't be here.

Salty, maybe you should just filter him. It's obvious he's irritating the
hell out of you. Filters, for the most part, work pretty well.
--
** Good Day! **

* * John H- Hide quoted text -

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Libs don't really understand art unless it has a pricetag, and a good
one.. of if one of their friends have it;) * Anyone who can not hear
the difference between an old record album, even when it was new, and
a remastered CD with "noise" and such taken out, has not listened. I
like the sound of the old records, the new remastered stuff just don't
have the feel for me.. but that is art to me. Some folks have a lot of
knowledge, but no soul...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Whoa..... I'm pretty liberal, don't dump me in with the you-know-who
crowd.....

Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:18:19 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:03:07 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:06:12 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:27:22 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:21:40 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

However, I can tell the difference between, say, my Mac 50s and a
similar power level solid state monoblock.

I think it's safe to say that the old tube amps had more "warmth",
just the thing for a cold winter's night in New England. :-)

Plus, the extra added advantage of glowing in the dark.

Nothing like a dim room and the soft glow of vacuum tubes. :)

I should take a picture of my Dad's Collins S-line some evening after
dark.

Now that's a sight. :)

Don't the 30S-1 and 30L-1 use ceramic output tubes? Now the glass tubes
in
the rx and tx would glow for sure.

Only the 30S-1 - cathode drive, ceramic triodes. The 30L-1 uses four
811A glass triodes cathode drive in parallel.

Got it, tnx.....memory fart.

The only reason I know that is because my Dad had both of them - the
S-1 I sold a few years ago because it is much too big for my purposes.

Besides, the L-1 looks better on the desk. :)

I used to have a KW-1. There was a real brute. While I was in the USMC on
Okinawa in '59 I used to transmit hour after hour of RTTY messages back home
at full legal power plus a little for good measure.

I used to work MARS all the time when I was in SEA - loved the ability
to REALLY crank it up. :)

QRP? HA!!!

Anyhoo...

My Dad was a rather conservative soul, but when it came to radios, he
and his life long friend Fred used to "experiment" with antennas and
such.

Probably the classic Ed and Fred device was a 75 meter base loaded
antenna on his '54 Ford Crown Victoria powered by a homebrew
California kilowatt amp excited by his KWM-2. They jury rigged a
second generator and battery system to power the whole thing.

Occasionally, when the weather was right, you could produce a corona
ball off the tip of the antenna which was a sight in and of it'self
never mind the base loaded antenna. To keep it upright, they used
huge electrical service insulators and manilla rope tied off to the
door posts. :)

Then there...well, we'll tell that one another time. :)

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:46:41 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:18:19 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:03:07 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:27:22 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:21:40 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

However, I can tell the difference between, say, my Mac 50s and a
similar power level solid state monoblock.

I think it's safe to say that the old tube amps had more "warmth",
just the thing for a cold winter's night in New England. :-)

Plus, the extra added advantage of glowing in the dark.

Nothing like a dim room and the soft glow of vacuum tubes. :)

I should take a picture of my Dad's Collins S-line some evening after
dark.

Now that's a sight. :)

Don't the 30S-1 and 30L-1 use ceramic output tubes? Now the glass tubes
in
the rx and tx would glow for sure.

Only the 30S-1 - cathode drive, ceramic triodes. The 30L-1 uses four
811A glass triodes cathode drive in parallel.

Got it, tnx.....memory fart.

The only reason I know that is because my Dad had both of them - the
S-1 I sold a few years ago because it is much too big for my purposes.

Besides, the L-1 looks better on the desk. :)

I used to have a KW-1. There was a real brute. While I was in the USMC on
Okinawa in '59 I used to transmit hour after hour of RTTY messages back home
at full legal power plus a little for good measure.

I used to work MARS all the time when I was in SEA - loved the ability
to REALLY crank it up. :)

QRP? HA!!!

Anyhoo...

My Dad was a rather conservative soul, but when it came to radios, he
and his life long friend Fred used to "experiment" with antennas and
such.

Probably the classic Ed and Fred device was a 75 meter base loaded
antenna on his '54 Ford Crown Victoria powered by a homebrew
California kilowatt amp excited by his KWM-2. They jury rigged a
second generator and battery system to power the whole thing.

Occasionally, when the weather was right, you could produce a corona
ball off the tip of the antenna which was a sight in and of it'self
never mind the base loaded antenna. To keep it upright, they used
huge electrical service insulators and manilla rope tied off to the
door posts. :)

Then there...well, we'll tell that one another time. :)

The MARS folks were a Godsend while I was in Vietnam. Thanks a bunch.
You're the first one I've ever known about and had the opportunity to
thank. Y'all did a super job!

Of course it would have been even better if the wife didn't ask things
like, "Where are you, what are you doing...?"
--
** Good Day! **

John H