[Amps] YC-156

[Norman Hockler]

Charlie,

I do not know the history of the YC-130 but the YC-156 ( 3CPX5000A7) is as 
rugged a tube as you can find.
This tube ( a high mu triode) was designed by Eimac for the medical 
business as the output Tube for MRI machines.
I can guarantee it would take an awful lot to blow this one up.   Ask some 
of the Hams that have built amps with them.

Norm  N8NH

At 08:04 PM 2/13/05 -0600, you wrote:
>In the broadcast business there is a standing joke that has a lot of truth
>to it..."Never buy a transmitter with a tube that begins wi   thaY.....The
>main reason is the Eimac YC-130 (a souped up 4CX15000A)....it is used the
>Continental 816R5 35kw FM transmitter and has been plagued with short life,
>catastrophic failure, etc.
>
>Charlie Wooten NF4A
>Clear Channel Radio
>
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