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Heathkit ? Wow, those were great days... I had built their 2000w linear amplifier 39 years ago with those Eimac 3-500Z transmitting tubes... AND IT STILL WORKS FINE!
 
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I have a 14 dB gain antenna a 100 w driver into a 2000w linear amp that is an effective radiated power of 28000watts .... I have had conversations with Antarctica, Diego Garcia and the Ivory Coast. A friend was a radio op on container ships and at night a group would get together at 10:00pm and chat for a while ...many times just Morse code

Solid state won’t hold a candle to this monster. Those transformers weigh 35lbs each. With variable plate voltages it can handle some input . Had a friend who was stationed in Alaska back in the late 40’s and would light the filaments of transmitter tubes to heat up the room he had under his cot. Can’t do that with solid state 😂
 
Hold a commercial first class radiotelephone operator license. Worked at a television station for many years. The transmitter i worked on had well you know how many 100s of thousands of watts we are dealing with. We had a newer RCA transmitter, but the old GE back up transmitter had an interesting story behind it. It was originally installed at the top of the Empire Sate building in NYC. It was a box car all in all with old PCB capacitors. A real health hazard especially when they would rupture. I had a job offer for chief engineer at a station in Burlington Vermont. I coulda been rubbing shoulders with the Bern many years ago.

I have never bothered with an amateur license, but considered it as a kid. Have done some SWL listening owning a couple of fairly good receivers a Kenwood R-5000 and the venerable Sony ICF2010. I cut my teeth in SWL as a 10 year old listening to Radio Havana on an old rummage sale SW receiver. .
 
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Those are great stories. When I was 7 (around 1959) my uncle gave me a Raytheon CB and I was hooked. Then “convoy” came out.... breaker 19 this is the rubber duck.....Took it from there and went straight to the FCC exams. You Should Have come to Burlington. Back then it was a mini town compared to today. When I first heard Bernies’s Brooklyn accent I thought....none of these farmers are gonna take to that...they did not care for NYC... but most Didn’t mind as long as the Democratic Party won. Radio was always fun for me, turned me into a gadget guy. I remember hearing so many times that the transformers are leaking PCB’s.
 
Thanks for the input. I'm gunna do 1 big LED & was set to purchase but because of what's going on in the world today. Amazon has raised prices quite a bit & shipping is taking 3-4 wks & I'm a Prime member. Especially if someone wants one from Spider Farmers. They are out of stock & ship directly from China now. All bullshit.....LOl
 
Thanks for the input. I'm gunna do 1 big LED either Mars TS3000 or Spider Farmers SF-4000 & was set to purchase but because of what's going on in the world today. Amazon has raised prices quite a bit & shipping is taking 3-4 wks & I'm a Prime member. Especially if someone wants one from Spider Farmers. I called directly & they're out of stock & only ships directly from China now. Now may go after the Mars Hydro instead. All bullshit.....LOL
 
i love my ts 3000. Both drivers sit outside of the tent and with the long cords they come with it was easy. Doing that really cuts the heat down. I just finished my first run with this light and my plants really performed. Nice hard buds.
 
A friend wrote a gift card for his own purchase wrote “ 2 day prime shipping my ass”. Got it 3 days earlier than listed. 😂
 
Check nebulas test comparison. She just published her test results pdf’s today.... led is a clear advantage
 
Farmall Nah I'm too cheap to blow that kind of dough for the minimal increase in yield. MY HPS does the job for far less. I just bought a second HPS as a back up as my old Apollo is getting up there in years. I now have 3 spare bulbs, and of course a spare ballast. This minimalist old dog has stimulated his own bank account. The Vivosun HPS is a great gift from the Chinese proletariat for next to nothing.
 
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