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Re: [Amps] 3-500Z convertion

To: R L Measures <r@somis.org>, g3rzp@g3rzp.wanadoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Amps] 3-500Z convertion
From: Peter Chadwick <g3rzp@g3rzp.wanadoo.co.uk>
Reply-to: g3rzp@g3rzp.wanadoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:59:46 +0200 (CEST)
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Rich said:
>no, I thought he said only one of the two tubes was bad.<
Major confusion here........I thought he needed to replace both of them. From 
what Karl Arne said, it sounds a bit as if the 4X500 is 4-250/4-400 with a 
different base and an external anode. That makes them sound attractive, except 
for the fact that the shape of them is awkward - the anode cooler comes down 
very close to the glass envelope. I've a vague memory that they were originally 
meant for use in FM BC tx's, with a copper pipe tank circuit, down which the 
air was blown, but memory may be playing tricks. However, such a tank circuit 
would cool them effectively, although you'd need another fan on the bottom for 
the filament seals. They came out in about 1946/7 time.
Still sounds like a major mechanical project on a TL922.
73
Peter G3RZP
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