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