[TenTec] OT: Need advice checking out a stored 3-500

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

There is no way to do this with the AL-80B.

A tube such as the 3-500 does not need any "burn in" time.



73
Bob, K4TAX



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rodney" <w3krq at dejazzd.com>
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Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: Need advice checking out a stored 3-500


> put it in your amp only turn on the filament and let it run for 5 or 6 
> hours until you turn on plate voltage. I know a ham that had 34 304tl 
> tubes and that what he did.
> y
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Al Gulseth
> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 8:41 PM
> To: TenTec at contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] OT: Need advice checking out a stored 3-500
>
> (Posting this for a local fellow ham who currently isn't on the web)
>
> As the subject line says, a local ham friend of mine asked me today about 
> how
> to go about checking out/waking up a 3-500 (Z?) that came as a spare with 
> his
> AL-80A when he bought it a few years back. He's not really sure how long 
> the
> tube had been sitting around unused/un-exercised before he bought the amp.
> I've seen conflicting info on how to go about it, and the last time I had 
> my
> hands on something like that was 30+ years ago when I worked in the 
> broadcast
> industry before I switched to a different career. Any suggestions? Other 
> than
> his amp I don't have any way that I know of to check it.
>
> Contact me off list if appropriate.
>
> BTW Ten-Tec connection: he's driving it with an Orion.
>
> TNX/73, Al
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