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Subject: [AMPS] tubes that go pop
From: jtml@lanl.gov (John Lyles)
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 19:21:31 -0600
>John, does Econco offer any advice, explanations, etc for tube care,
>failure modes, etc.??
>73  Carl  KM1H

Unfortunately, my little booklet TUBE TOPICS disappeared. However, I
remember it was mostly a bunch of commonsense things for broadcasters like:

Clean the air filter regularly

Occasionally remove the tube and inspect the socket for loose fingers and dirt

Set the filament correctly, and drop it a bit for longer life if you can

The failure modes were mostly related to lack of attention to such details.

John
K5PRO



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