[CW] Thinking about tubes

[Danny Douglas]

I had (and still do) a set of Yaesu twins, FL/FRDX 400 line, that did just 
fine with split operations.  I would never recommend a tube type setup 
anymore though.  I spent more time "retuning" and putting in tubes, than I 
care to think.  Tube types also are not quite as steady on the freq as 
transistor units, and are certainly likely to drift considerdably after 
turn-on, and with PSK or other such digital operations, would probably not 
give you good measure.  I was overjoyed to get solid state tranceivers - and 
even my first one that had all transistors except for the finals and drivers 
was a great advance over the tube-only sets of the past.   Having said 
that - I used many KWM2 tranceivers for CW, and they worked just fine, once 
heated up and in action.  But, of course thats CW - not PSK


Danny Douglas
N7DC
ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA
SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB

Alll 2 years or more (except Novice)
Pls QSL direct, buro, or LOTW preferred,
I Do not use, but as a courtesy do upload to eQSL for
those who do.

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