You Mean a "Linear", don't you?

[Tom and Amanda Lang <rustnrot@domain.elided>]

>This weekend one truck had an amplifier on the CB and it was very
impressive. Is this a good idea or are there >any comments?

Ah yes, the CB "Linear" or "Foot-Warmer" as they used to be called in the
'70's.  I have no idea what kind of linears are being peddled these days,
but back then, let's see, they made 'em with several (maybe 10-20 depending
on power output) television horizontal output tubes in parallel.  As I
recall, the tubes were biased that if you stayed "key-up" for more than a
few seconds the plates glowed cherry red.  Also, they were extremely dirty,
you could cover all 23 (man, is he old) channels at once!  This was during
the CB craze in the Detroit, Michigan area where the background noise was
at "S-9"!

Tom (Got your ears on, Good Buddy?) Lang
Do they still talk like that?