At 05:13 PM 6/08/2006, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
>Steve is right - your HV transformers are not well suited to the tubes,
>so think about them separately.
>
>Other major factors in your part of the world are shipping costs, and
>poor availability of the extra components that you'd need to operate
>tetrodes (like screen and grid bias transformers).
>
>Build yourself a HV power supply using the big, heavy parts that you
>have. With multiple transformers and caps it's going to be huge, so plan
>to put it under the bench and control it remotely. Then find some tubes
>to suit that supply.
>
>Sell the tubes, bases and chimneys to people who really want and need
>them, and go for a pair of GI7Bs as Steve suggests. Shipping costs on
>those parts will be relatively much smaller. Also the triodes need much
>less support electronics.
I have four unused GI7Bs here and I'll be in Bangkok in 8 weeks time.
I can save you some postage if you want to go down that line and can
wait that long.
I'll be happy to swap them into local currency when I'm there.
73, Alek
VK6APK
http://www.qrz.com/vk6apk
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