[Amps] 4CX800A NOS Tubes..

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I test unproven tubes with a high-pot before risking them in an 
amplifier.  If you find a tube bedeviled with gas, don't expect it to 
miraculously getter itself without an exorcism by a duly qualified priest.
--  If the ceramic in your 4cx800s is purple, it's good news because it 
means that manganese has been added to the alumina to improve the 
silver-solder/ceramic bond and create a better ceramic-metal seal.  

>Would like to here comments on replacing 4CX800A tubes in an Amplifier.
>I have purchased a quantity of NOS Tubes from various sources,
>and would like to here from any of you that have a process that you
>follow on breaking in these tubes so-to-speak after they have been
>sitting for a number of years in plastic bags.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Keith A. LaBorde 
>Amateur Radio Station K4KAL
>Primary Email: k4kal at arrl.net
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-  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734, AG6K, 
www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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