We are going to try it out tonight if we find time. The trouble is that there are way to many amps here already. There is a rack mount harris AM1000 in the other room. Its full auto tune and has a 1500 tube in it. TFO is making me a cable for the PS to amp deck. The military cut it off flush. That amp, Might be a real smoker. I read the manual and its rated for 1KW ALL the time in any weather. Also. There are TWO, three tube LK800s here. The Big PS verion with the HI/LO switch. They have three 3cpx800s in them also. Military issue. Never sold to hams. There is a video floating around of one of those doing 6KW on SSB. A good sounding ranger into one of those is all a guy needs
They are all kind of pointless to me. As I live in a neighborhood and dont run over the legal limit. In fact, If I ever talk SSB, Which is almost never, I run about 500 to 600 watts as I am talking to people that I can hear. Or I run the King 500 at 300 watts or so. The T3 does right at legal limit.
I think these amps will be best moved down the road to someone that can use them. A contester or someone with an some serious land and the guts to Run them full bore.
This Commander is nice though.. But I really like this L4B my brother picked up. Its OUT OF THE BOX new.. I always loved the look of those amps. These things sure are fun to play around with though!