[Boatanchors] the question of tubes

[Bob Wilder]

Everyone should safe this and read it again ten years from now.  I remember 
when the first CK-722 came out and now look where we are.



At 10:33 PM 3/18/2005 +0000, CLIVE COLLINS wrote:

>Good evening from the UK,
>
>Please permit me a few moments intrusion into this thread re tubes.
>
>I was brought up on the things, learned to love (and respect) them and the 
>voltages that are attendant to them I might say.
>
>We, who are familiar with these wonderful devices, must never forget what 
>we are handling and cherishing.  This isn't "just some old piece of junk" 
>as many would describe the glorious Boatanchors, they are the product of 
>mans capability to push the limits of his knowlege further and in doing so 
>learn more about this rich place we inhabit.
>We should be proud that we are among the first, more accurately some of 
>the first, who discovered the delights of the thermionic device and as 
>such we were and still are the pathfinders of the science of communications.
>Remember that once upon a time it was said that " nothing will ever work 
>below a wavelength of five hundred metres, lets give it to the amateurs to 
>play with, its no use to anyone else"
>
>So we got it to play with, and after we made it oscillate first and then 
>managed to make it communicate so we had the wavebands stolen from us and 
>we were pushed further and further along the spectrum well past HF past 
>VHF past UHF and on and on until the commercial houses realised that there 
>was a great laboratory operating outside their factories that did research 
>for nothing.
>How many amateurs ever got paid for a design?  not many I will warrant.
>The worlds first recognised "amateur" was Marconi and now look where we are.
>
>Be proud of the part you are playing in the furtherance of science.  Think 
>what will happen in a hundred or two hundred years time, will there still 
>be a faithful band of amateurs beavering away in shacks and in cellars to 
>make something work, will they be able to lay hands on components and more 
>importantly will they still have stocks of NOS tubes to use.?
>
>I for one would like a glimpse into the future to see what the average "W" 
>or "G" station will be like.  Thats always assuming that (a) there is 
>still anyone around on the planet to be licensed and (b) if there are 
>still amateurs around, what will they think of the work that we have done 
>and the wonderful devices that we have made and made to work.
>We should be proud of our heritage in the tube world, long may the glow be 
>seen and appreciated,
>
>Kindest regards,
>
>Clive GW3WEQ
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