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Subject: [AMPS] Making tubes
From: billydeanward@hotmail.com (Billy Ward)
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:06:08 -0700

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Greetings Group,

I will ask this question at the chance of being made to look ignorant!

With the high price of tubes, I wonder if anyone has ever invisioned a ho=
mebrew project to actually make the tube from scratch?  I know that it wo=
uld be a little more than the average ham is used to working with but why=
 could we not use something such as stainless steel tubing and come up wi=
th a decent power transmitting tube.  After all, someone once did that!

We all know approximately what is needed and some of the group, I am sure=
, may have worked for places such as Eimac etc. and have a lot of knowled=
ge of what goes into such a task.  =20

Sometimes things like this is MUCH more difficult than meets the eye and =
on the other hand, some things are dirt simple and just appear to be diff=
icult.  Like making pc boards from scratch--some would not think of it an=
d others like me can turn one out from drawing to board in 30-45 minutes =
using the silk-screen method at the kitchen sink.

Billy Dean WardGet more from the Web.  FREE MSN Explorer download : http:=
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<HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><BR>Greetings =
Group,</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>I will ask this question at the chanc=
e of being made to look ignorant!</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>With the h=
igh price of tubes, I wonder if anyone has ever invisioned a homebrew pro=
ject to actually make the tube from scratch?&nbsp; I know that it would b=
e a little more than the average ham is used to working with but why coul=
d we not use something such as stainless steel tubing and come up with a =
decent power transmitting tube.&nbsp; After all, someone once did that!</=
DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>We all know approximately what is needed and =
some of the group, I am sure, may have worked for places such as Eimac et=
c. and have a lot of knowledge of what goes into such a task.&nbsp; </DIV=
> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Sometimes things like this is MUCH more difficul=
t than meets the eye and on the other hand, some things are dirt simple a=
nd just appear to be difficult.&nbsp; Like making pc boards from scratch-=
-some would not think of it and others like me can turn one out from draw=
ing to board in 30-45 minutes using the silk-screen method at the kitchen=
 sink.</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Billy Dean Ward</DIV></BODY></HTML><b=
r clear=3Dall><hr>Get more from the Web.  FREE MSN Explorer download : <a=
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