California Kluge

I've heard the phrase "California Kilowatt" for a long time, usually after Field Day when discussing the results.  A California Kilowatt was supposedly a station that operated well above the maximum limits of power.   But I was suprised to find out that California Kilowatt was going to be a ham radio transmitter by a company called Kluge Electronics.

source: https://www.qsl.net/k9fh/kluge/index.html

There were some ads in a magazine called Radio News in 1946 by Kluge Electronics:

source: https://www.rfcafe.com/references/radio-news/kluge-electronics-company-february-1946-radio-news.htm

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source: https://www.rfcafe.com/references/radio-news/kluge-electronics-ad-january-1946-radio-news.htm

Apparently that was it.  No rig ever sold.  No other ads (at least in QST around the start of 1946).  No other products that I'm aware of.

Interesting that the names Kluge and California Kilowatt were entwined this way - vaporware from the mid 20th century.

BTW, a short treatise on kluge, the technical term:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/the-appropriately-complicated-etymology-of-kluge/499433/

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm