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I used to be friends (haven't talked or seen him in awhile) a blind radio amateur in Yakima. He was blinded in a car accident, so had "some knowledge" of the visual world. I once bought an RF linear amplifier he had built. Only obvious "duh" was one meter had the mounting screws rotated a bit off level. You could not see that without "getting close". This was a build as we used to say, "junk box" parts so some of it was not optimum. But this was a SERIOUS project. 4' tall rolling rack panel, Great Big old plate transformer, and a 4-1000A tube. "Back in the day" those were nothing to sneeze at. That tube can run upwards of 4000 volts on the anode (maximum 6000V) and output power of around 3500 watts depending on purpose and configuration.
He was once hassled by the police because the neighbors were concerned and called the PD about him climbing his tower......at night.
Example of a 4x1 RF deck. That tube is nearly 10" tall. The outer piece is a 'chimney' through which cooling air is blown
I used to be friends (haven't talked or seen him in awhile) a blind radio amateur in Yakima. He was blinded in a car accident, so had "some knowledge" of the visual world. I once bought an RF linear amplifier he had built. Only obvious "duh" was one meter had the mounting screws rotated a bit off level. You could not see that without "getting close". This was a build as we used to say, "junk box" parts so some of it was not optimum. But this was a SERIOUS project. 4' tall rolling rack panel, Great Big old plate transformer, and a 4-1000A tube. "Back in the day" those were nothing to sneeze at. That tube can run upwards of 4000 volts on the anode (maximum 6000V) and output power of around 3500 watts depending on purpose and configuration.
He was once hassled by the police because the neighbors were concerned and called the PD about him climbing his tower......at night.
Example of a 4x1 RF deck. That tube is nearly 10" tall. The outer piece is a 'chimney' through which cooling air is blown
