As I recall, the original Penta Laboratories closed their
doors many years before the current company was
established (c. 1990)..... I remember Steve Sanett
as being the principal owner of Aero Electronics,
a surplus tube dealer in L.A., which went t.u. about the
same time Sanett bought the Penta Laboratories NAME.
No other connection between the old Penta (Santa Clara, CA)
and the new Penta (Chatsworth, CA).
73, Merit W6NQ
> A company named Penta labs was selling tubes with old code
> dates, with engraved serial numbers that happened to be the same
> as those from bad batches of defective production run Eimac tubes.
>
> Ameritron tried buying sample 3-500Z's from a company named
> Penta labs, and the plate caps were glued on with rubber cement.
>
> This may or may not be the same Penta.
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