[Boatanchors] Hallicrafters FPM-300

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

There is nothing inherently wrong with 'sweep tubes'. It *IS* true you 
can't lean on a pair of those for 400 watts!! Not for very long. How 
many of us try to get a KW from a pair of 6146s? It ain't going to end 
well. Once upon a time I composed a document for some upper management 
MBA types explaining why you cannot put ten pounds of baloney in a five 
pound sack!

73,

Bill  KU8H


On 01/09/2016 11:33 PM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> run from the FPM300 as fast as you can.  I had one in the late 1970s.
> It was a dog with a D.  Sweep tube final, but no stock fan.  I think a
> fan was an option.  Lift the lid and hear the VFO drift 5 kc.  Ditto
> for putting a fan on the rig.  On CW there was no offset.
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
>