[TenTec] The Titan IIII - 4cx800s

[Ron Castro]

I wonder if the 4CX800's will be a direct replacement for the GU47b's?  IIRC 
there never really was a 4CX800, that was just a label given to the Russian 
tubes since that described them in 'Eimac' terms.

         Ron Castro
 Chief Technical Officer
    Results Radio, LLC
               N6IE
      www.N6IE.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ac9s at mchsi.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 5:37 PM
Subject: [TenTec] The Titan IIII - 4cx800s


> Molly at Alpha indicates that 4cx800s are becoming available again and 
> that Alpha will offer matched pairs in the January timeframe.  She didn't 
> indicate a price.  If they are available to Alpha I am sure they will be 
> to Ten Tec.  I am not sure I would write off the 4cx800 based amps yet. 
> Now, I don't think these are current production items, but NOS Russian 
> sourced.  Even so, those 4cx800s have been a great value to the ham 
> community for the last 10 years or so.  They have proven super reliable 
> for me.  Maybe a good strategy would be to pick up a spare matched set - 
> would probably last most of us for the rest of our lives.  I do believe 
> you would need to swap them with your current finals to keep them from 
> getting gassy.
>
> Keith
> AC9S
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