[AMRadio] B&W 5100 Possibly the best built ham transmitter? (imho)

[Geoff Edmonson]

> Steve, N2DXM had one of these about 20 years ago when
> we both got into AM.
> A nice transmitter, well made, but poor choice of modulator
> tubes, 6146's I think they were.
> I never got a pair of 6146 tubes to sound good as
> modulators, but I suspect some people have.
> A prime candidate to switch to KT88 or KT90 tubes in
> AB1.

I dunno...  it depends on how you run 'em...

Otis/K5SWK runs a pair of 6146's in his speech-amp, to drive
the grids of a pair of 833's...

73 = Best Regards,
-=Geoff/W5OMR=-