[Amps] Question

[R.Measures]

On Oct 1, 2005, at 5:59 AM, Will Matney wrote:

> How can you "getter" a tube by an arc over a bad vacuum? How can just 
> an arc cause the amount of gas in a gassy tube to drop? We're not 
> talking about using true getters here, just an arc happening in a tube 
> either new or old that is gassy. Every tube I've ever seen do this 
> arcing would keep doing it

Amen, Will.  Denial of reality is indeed a common human malady.

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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org