[ARC5] 10 meter BC-454 a bit more

[David Stinson]

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From: "Dennis Monticelli" <dennis.monticelli at gmail.com>

>....If the tube is strong (has plenty of reserve emission)
> it should be possible to cut back its cathode temp without adversely
> impacting gain and improve the noise figure through Johnson noise
> reduction.   Has anybody heard of this being tried?

Isn't this the way Stoddard did it with their DFing and 
noise-sampling equipment?