Howard:

Maybe not, but I'm old fart enough to think that it sounds like a fun
station, having run a lot of "hollow state" equipment myself.

73, de Lou K2LKK

At 08:38 PM 7/18/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Well Jerry, being an old fart, I do it the old fart way.  My voltage
>controled oscillator goes across the watt meter, and I peak the pitch for
>output and minimize it for minimum SWR.  Tune for highestt pitch for
>highest output.
>A friend built me a refference oscellator for the Valiant, and that idea
>would work if you had to dip the plate, but most amps are either no tune,
>or peak output at least for SSB usage.
>I haven't seen any system that is responsive as the old way.
>Note the Valiant, I have a TR4, a c-line, an sx71 and an hq180.  So maybe I
>am not the person to listen to.

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