[Amps] Horizontal or verticle?

[ka1xo at juno.com]

Dear Ian,

The EMTRON DX-3 that FedEx destroyed had the GU-78b tube clamped down
in four (4) places with teflon,just as you described.

In addition, the finned skirt is clamped with a surrounding chimney of green material I never looked too closely at.

Rudi sent this amplifier from Sydney to Secaucus with nary a scratch. I imagine the 12 day international journey plus overland U.S. journey saw a bit more handling than when it went 800 miles to Virginia.

Vince says the amp looked like it had been pushed out of a tenth floor window when he opened the box........

Not only was the tetrode dislodged but all of the mounting hardware around it was ripped out and the aluminum tube socket was cracked and broken.

People, stay away from FedEx is all I can say. They have yet to contact me on the claim or make any effort to pay the damages.

Hal