Since everyone seems to be jump starting new tube projects this fall, let me start up a thread about Thermion's new madness. Unfortunately, the Ikezilla will have to wait a little while longer. Hey, eight KT88s alone add up, let alone all the hardware, right? :o
During our last couple visits to Peoria Superfest, Thermion has grown to love those 1625 and 807 transmitter tubes. After our last trip, the Doctor said something like the 807s were rated to do about 55W in a typical 450V type amp. I called BS immediately. But the Doctor is a walking tube resource without parallel, and he was indeed correct. So Thermion has cobbled together the following: ST70 chassis with PA060, Hammond 1650P pair, a diytube driver board (mods?), some 5-pin sockets from last year's hamfest, and a bunch of cool brown base RCAs. Not sure what rectifier he will use, but I hope we can do tests with UF5408s, too. Should go together pretty quickly.