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Re: [Amps] Pulls?

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Pulls?
From: "Doug Ronald" <doug@dougronald.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 09:30:01 -0800
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and I have two 4CX10000D's with sockets, chimneys, filament xformer, and all
associated hardware, darn-near for free...
-W6DSR
P.S. I "pulled" them from working xmitters.

-----Original Message-----
From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Joe
Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 08:33 PM
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Pulls?

add to the list of Pulls here,

I got 8 of 4CX100K if anyone is interested.

And if you want to compete with Italy,

I got 4 of the 4CX15000A he he he

Joe WB9SBD
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On 12/7/2016 6:44 PM, RAY FRIESS wrote:
> Speaking of pulls ..   I was a broadcast engineer about 35 years ago and
we would regularly pull tubes when they were down to about 90% of their
rated readings in the transmitter.  We would throw them out and replace them
with new ones, until I started saving the pulls and taking them home.
>
> As a result, I have about a dozen 4-125 and 4-250 tubes which were
primarily used in the modulator section of our 5 KW transmitter.   They have
been in storage at my home ever since and are still, for all intents and
purposes, brand new.  They look brand new even, considering that they were
replaced when they were at 85 to 90% efficiency.  I kept them thinking they
would work great for ham linears for anyone who was building a linear.
>
>
> If there is any interest, let me know.....   Most of them I rewrapped in
their original padding and put back in their original boxes and stored in a
safe place.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Amps <amps-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Catherine James
<catherine.james@att.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 9:50 AM
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Pulls?
>
> And how do you find these deals when broadcast stations with older
transmitters do a pull?
>
> I hear a lot of discussion around how great pulls are as an affordable
source of good tubes, but it is always vague and never tells us how we can
get in on the fun.  Is this one of those "you have to know somebody"
situations?
>
> 73,
> Cathy
> N5WVR
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Wed, 12/7/16, Fuqua, Bill L <wlfuqu00@uky.edu> wrote:
>
>   Subject: RE: [Amps] Pulls?
>   To: "Catherine James" <catherine.james@att.net>
>   Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 4:25 AM
>
>     Most pulls today are from broadcast stations using older transmitters.
Also, from SK estates.
>   73
>   Bill wa4lav
>   ________________________________________
>   From:
>   Amps [amps-bounces@contesting.com]
>   on behalf of Catherine James [catherine.james@att.net]
>   Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 11:13 PM
>   To: Amps Group
>   Subject: [Amps]
>   Pulls?
>
>   Where do you guys get your tube pulls?
>
>   I see many, many mentions of pulls from medical or other devices,
>   but I have never seen these offered. Have they dried up? Or
>   do they all go up on eBay at crazy prices?
>
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