Duane,
How did you accomplish that ? Did you have the means to shut off the high
voltage ? Did you disconnect wires ?
Did you run them in a test fixture that had only filament power (and a fan)
?
73 de Gary, AA2IZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Calvin" <ac5aa1@gmail.com>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] TT Centurion
> When I got my 3-500ZG matched pair replacements for my Centurion, they
came
> with instructions to run the tubes for an hour (or two?) just with the
> filaments running before using them. I did, and they were fine.
>
> 73, Duane
>
> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
> www.ac5aa.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Doyle
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:30 PM
> To: Ten-Tec Reflector
> Subject: [TenTec] TT Centurion
>
> GE,
> I have a new matched pair of 3-500Z tubes that I am going to install
in
> my TT Centurion. Was wondering if it is necessary to run the tubes
> (filaments only) for a while with no HV. If so for how long?
> One other question. I am driving the Centurion with an Omni VI, when
> operating sometimes the receive does not return & have to key the Omni to
> recover the receive. I see the output relay in the Centurion it has a
black
> cover over it. How do you remove the cover so I can clean the relay
> contacts. When operating the Omni barefoot, no problem with the receive.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doyle/N4VV
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