[Boatanchors] Receiver Antenna Input Question

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Actually, part of what happened in '91 was that they returned a bunch of 
RT-524's to service, temporarily.  So they were using tubes in '91.

In a message dated 3/1/2009 8:12:55 PM Central Standard Time, 
km1h at jeremy.mv.com writes: 
> They found that out decades before Desert Storm. However a neon has a 
> rather long delay before it fires if it isnt biased to a more useful 
> voltage. SS front ends would be fried otherwise and I dont thing they 
> were using tubes in 1991. For SS there are better choices.
> 
> Carl
> 

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