[Boatanchors] Need suggestions and question on antenna for DX-100

Gary Schafer garyschafer at comcast.net
Sun Feb 18 18:43:01 EST 2007



> Now the Johnson Viking II, which also uses a pair of
> 6146 tubes in the final, is rated at a maximum INPUT
> of 135 watts when operating using AM.  This is inline
> with
> the maximum RCA ratings of the 6146 tube.  Frankly,
> Heath was grossly overrating their equipment (the
> Apache ratings are just as bad as those of the DX-100
> series) where AM operation was concerned.  The result
> is greatly reduced tube life.

But the Apache used the 6146B. The rest of the transmitters final is almost
identical to the DX100B

73
Gary  K4FMX




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