Interestingly Ron, I found the same to be true with the large medical
compound here. As a matter of fact, one of my co-workers ran a medical shop
and worked pretty close with the radiological techs and he couldn't find
anything either.
Mike(y)
W3SLK
----- Original Message -----
From: rb <rbigg@pcola.gulf.net>
To: <amps@contesting.com>; <glowbugs@piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 3:15 PM
Subject: [AMPS] medical pulls
>
> Fellow hams are looking for 3-500z tubes periodically. One source
mentioned
> sometimes as a possible is "medical pulls".
>
> Most of you probably already know what I'm about to report here. Also, I
> don't know if what I'm reporting applies to all areas of the country, but
> the logic involved sounds as if it probably does.
>
> I went to a local firm that does specialty electronics repair work on
> hospital and clinic type gear. The engineer I talked to there tells me
that
> everything they handle has been solid state for years, with the exception
of
> the X Ray tubes, and those are repairable (that was news to me).
>
> So, the bottom line in at least our area is that there is no good news
> concerning the possibility of getting tubes from the med repair
businesses.
> If anyone can add to this, please do so. Otherwise, scratch that one off
> your list.
>
> 73 de Ron, K5BDJ
>
>
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