[Amps] amps?

[Gudguyham at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/24/2007 10:08:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
PlanerGuy at aol.com writes:

Or is my premise incorrect, and ALL Chinese tubes are junk?

Kevin 



Kevin,  I have been buying and using RF Parts 3-500Z tubes for the  last 7 
years in my SB-220 6 meter conversions.  Must have bought 20 sets of  them and 
never had a problem.  They are stable and make as much output on 6  meters as 
they do on 80 meters.  Don't know the long run on them, but they  do perform 
well.  In an SB-220 it is really hard to kill 3-500's because  they really don't 
run them up all the way.  the average SB-220 does about  1100 to 1200 watts 
out with 100 in.  They can do 25% more output as shown  by Henry and Ameritron, 
so in an SB-220 they last along time.  Many  SB-220's  still have original 
tubes still making maximum power  output.  Lou



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