That's not just scary it is FREAKING SCARY. Man, the HV and RF around that is wild. I'll pass. I have breadboarded some stuff in the past as a proof of concept sort of thing but I would NEVER do something like that.
Not only does he use it for linear amplification... it also doubles as a bug zapper! Bet he doesn't have any flies in his house.
it's illegal to be used as either: in fact, some states use the electric chair as a more humane form of capital punishment