To: <amps@contesting.com>
>Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 17:15:24 -0800
>To: km1h@juno.com
>From: Merit W6NQ <rfp@rfparts.com>
>Subject: Re: [AMPS] Svetlana 3-500Z?
>
>Thanks for the comments, Carl.
>-I haven't seen the ad, and George Badger (Svetana) was out of the office
>today working on his antenna (atta boy). The person I talked to thought the
>3-500Z was a graphite, but maybe they were wrong.... They said that the ad
>was premature (as sataed earlier, fall at the earliest).
>-The proposed "3-600Z", that I am familar with, has a tantalum plate with
>larger fins. It is not scheduled for production before the end of the year.
>-I'm going to the NAB show (Las Vegas) on Thursday next week, and may get a
>look at the 3-500Z in question (if it is there). I can tell the real
>nationality-- Russian or (?).
> We received our first tube from TRITON yesterday, a 4-1000A. It is
> manufactured to EIMAC specs, with the same materials, etc., on the old EIMAC
> equipment. For an early production-run tube, it looks good. Will try to get
> it into a transmitter soon and see how it does, etc.
>
>73, Merit W6NQ/W6NLO
>
>At 07:08 PM 4/3/97 EST, you wrote:
>>
>>On Thu, 03 Apr 1997 15:31:50 -0800 Merit W6NQ <rfp@rfparts.com> writes:
>>>According to what I have learned from Svetlana so far, the photograph
>>>is of a prototype graphite tube. Unfortunately, I think they have
>>>released info too soon to the media, as production is likely in the
>>>fall (from my experience, delivery quotes are usually quite
>>>optomistic). I would expect it may be at the NAB show next week or
>>>definately at Dayton. I don't expect to see any samples for our
>>>evaluation for a month or two.
>>>
>>>Merit W6NQ/W6NLO
>>
>>Tnx for that input Merit. I certainly hope that Svetlana gets into
>>production soon. IMO that ad photograph looks like a standard tantalum
>>plate 3-500Z and not a graphite....a bit of poetic license perhaps? It
>>would also certainly be a bit of poetic justice if they used a Chinese
>>fraud 3-500Z for the photo!
>>
>>73....Carl KM1H
>>
>>
>
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