[Amps] Pulls?

[donroden at hiwaay.net]

As a 40 year AM broadcast engineer, I can't remember a single pull  
that hadn't already dropped output below 70%.

And then, those pulls were kept on a shelf for emergency backup or to use as
"soft" tubes for testing a cranky transmitter.

Don W4DNR


Quoting Catherine James <catherine.james at att.net>:

> And how do you find these deals when broadcast stations with older  
> transmitters do a pull?
>
> I hear a lot of discussion around how great pulls are as an  
> affordable source of good tubes, but it is always vague and never  
> tells us how we can get in on the fun.  Is this one of those "you  
> have to know somebody" situations?
>
> 73,
> Cathy
> N5WVR
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Wed, 12/7/16, Fuqua, Bill L <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu> wrote:
>
>  Subject: RE: [Amps] Pulls?
>  To: "Catherine James" <catherine.james at att.net>
>  Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 4:25 AM
>
>    Most pulls today are from broadcast stations using older  
> transmitters. Also, from SK estates.
>  73
>  Bill wa4lav
>  ________________________________________
>  From:
>  Amps [amps-bounces at contesting.com]
>  on behalf of Catherine James [catherine.james at att.net]
>  Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 11:13 PM
>  To: Amps Group
>  Subject: [Amps]
>  Pulls?
>
>  Where do you guys get your tube pulls?
>
>  I see many, many mentions of pulls from medical or other devices,
>  but I have never seen these offered. Have they dried up? Or
>  do they all go up on eBay at crazy prices?
>
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