Obviously I do not want to use the 572B's because of the controversy
surrounding them at this frequency. TIA... Larry N1MIW
There is no controversy among those that know what that are doing. Only the
hacks blow them up and then send the amp to me or others to be done right.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry" <n1miw@cox.net>
To: <Amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:34 AM
Subject: [Amps] Tube choice for SB-200 on 6 meters
> Hello group,
>
> I'm looking for some information on converting an SB-200 to 6 meters. I
> originally thought about using the Russian GI-7B tube, but now I'm not
> sure.
> It looks like I can only use one tube due to power supply limitations.
> What
> have you guys seen in real-world conditions if you used this tube? Will I
> see about 500 CLEAN watts out from the single GI-7b (someone said in the
> archives that one of these tubes equals 2 572B's)? Can I use 2 GI-7b's
> without letting the smoke out of the transformer or PS? There's also the
> mod
> for the GLA-1000 where the output watts is ~750 which I'm using for
> comparison, but I don't know what the current was at that limit. The spec
> sheet for the GI-7b might put the current for 2 tubes at close to 1A,
> which
> the SB-200 can't supply as far as I know.
>
> If the single or dual GI-7b can't give me 500 watts+ out from the SB-200
> PS, is there another tube (or tubes) of choice you would recommend for the
> SB-200? Obviously I do not want to use the 572B's because of the
> controversy
> surrounding them at this frequency. TIA... Larry N1MIW
>
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