I remember when I first got my Yaesu f t 101 I thought
I could do it that way, actually I used my stereo and
tuned for loudest signal on my speakers when it was
set to auxiliary. Those tubes went pretty fast. Then I
got an in-line tuning aid from a friend, and though
I've gone through a couple sets of those sweep tubes,
not nearly as fast as the first set. The trickiest
thing with the tuning aid is when you get down to 80
and 160 meters, because there isn't a lot of pitch
change in the tone especially on 160, on 10 it
literally screams with the rig on full power, super
easy to tune 10.

--- Jim Kutsch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> An SB200 is a great amp.  I had one for several
> years.  At the time, I had
> separate transmitter and receiver.  I tuned the amp
> by leaving the receiver
> open and putting a very little RF from the
> transmitter to the amp and tuning
> for loudest audio in the receiver.  It worked great
> and it never hurt the
> finals.
>
> 73, KY2D
>
> Jim Kutsch
> Jacksonville, FL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "michael ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 8:42 AM
>
>
> Hi all:
>
> Has anyone had any experience tuning and
> successfully
> operating a Heathkit SB-200?
> If one could be had cheaply, would it make a grate
> first time amp?
> I think the going rate up here in Canada for those
> old
> work horses is around $300/$400.
> Is there any truth to the fact that most of these
> old
> horses are capable of producing almost a KW?
>
> Thanks all & 73:
> Michael VO1RYN
>
>
>
>
>
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