free to a good home
Maitland Bottoms
aa4hs@amrad.org
Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:24:38 -0500
Well, this message looked so good I figured I'd post it on Tacos too.
-Maitland
>>>>> "Barry" == bjbuelow <bjbuelow@collins.rockwell.com> writes:
Barry> 1 @ pole pig*
Barry> *If you know what this means, then you KNOW what it means.
Barry> If you don't know what this means, this is a term of
Barry> endearment and refers to a highly desirable and rare
Barry> component of a high power amplifier. It is one of the
Barry> primary elements which permits the little needle in the
Barry> PLATE CURRENT meter to move quickly and positively against
Barry> the stop and STAY THERE during periods when you key the mic
Barry> and whistle. This process is commonly known as clearing a
Barry> frequency.
Barry> On CW, its really cool to be clearing a freq and actually
Barry> bend the needle by sending a string of dots. I hate it
Barry> when that happens!
Barry> Specs: big, heavy, dirty, it has nice retangular wire and
Barry> includes a big piece of heavy ceramic. OK, it is evil.
Barry> Input Voltage: yes Output Voltage: oh ya! ...and then some
Barry> Now's the time to get this as they are extremely rare and
Barry> its at a price that even Joe will find hard to turn down.
Barry> Barry