Do you have any contact info on this new company and if they will make other
tubes as well?
Certainly I would hope we could live with ugly in favor of performance.
A strong signal is beautiful!
73, Dan Magro W7RF, (member SCDXC, SCCC)
Manufacturers Rep & Distributor for HENRY Amplifiers.
www.radiodan.com <http://www.radiodan.com> ??? RFpower@radiodan.com
<mailto:RFpower@radiodan.com> A trip to our web site is worth the click!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amps@contesting.com [mailto:owner-amps@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Rich Measures
> Sent: Friday, December 18, 1998 11:34 AM
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [AMPS] 3-500Z - Where to buy them?
>
>
>
> Bob - K8NY wrote -
> >Just received my used SB221 with one destroyed Eimac 3-550Z (damaged in
> >shipping). Looking for the best place to buy one (or two?)? Any help
> >would be appreciated. (Does not have to be Eimac)........
> >
> ? RF Parts reportedly sells a Mu=130 3-500Z which is a close match for
> an Eimac .
> - Last week, I received a report that the company which bought the
> rights to Eimac's glass tubes, may be gearing up to produce the 3-500Z.
> However, a sample reportedly failed within a month due to the same
> anode-cooler-spotweld problem that Eimac had at its Salt Lake City plant:
> . Namely, the anode-cooler broke loose and shorted against the
> (grounded) grid because the spotwelds tended to break.. . . . As I
> learned in Sheetmetal 101, strong spotwelds are not pretty. To get a
> stong spotweld, it takes enough kA of current to Thoroughly melt the
> metal, which necessarily means that strong spotwelds need to be
> moderatedly ugly.
>
>
> Rich...
>
> R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures
>
>
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