Hi all, Time ago I was testing the vacuum tubes for leakage current and breakdown voltage using the focus connections from CRT monitors, so the max. available voltage was 7500V from the very high out
Traian, is the effect you're seeing the same as the 'vac ion pump' that some big tubes have? As I understand it, the ionisation attracts the gas ions to the electrode and keeps the vacuum up. I first
A very old story. Long time ago in the early sixties, we constructed Amps with a coaxialcavity on UHF 70 cm . We where happy with 4X150A pulls from the army. We had often extern flash over, inside th
Hello Peter, and thank you for answer. During my search on the web, I have reached some similar info as yours, but it seemed to be applied to very large power microwave tubes only and the vacuum ion
Hello Jos, Thanks for answer. The GU74 are NOS, never used, and were stored inside protective plastic buble bag. Did not see traces of dirt and I usually try touching them as less as possible, becaus