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echo: ham_tech
to: HENRY EDGINTON
from: JEFF EDMONSON
date: 1997-11-25 18:13:00
subject: Ceramic Tubes

 >> Would anyone happen to have the specs on a 8930
 >> ceramic amplifier tube.
 >  JE> My book only covers up to 8877 in Triodes, and the 4-1000
 >  JE> (8295) for Pentode and Tetrodes.
 >  JE> Maybe some other specs on the valve?
 > Well maybe it'll turn up,Must be somethin on it as it
 > was used extensivly for military gear.Its halfway in
 > pysical size between the 8874 & the 8877.
Hmmm... would have thought that Larry Kunz/WA5KBQ would have jumped in here, 
and said something.  He's pretty familiar with the V/UHF tubes.
 > I happen to have picked up an amplifier with one of these
 > tubes in it setup for 2 meter with a spare tube to boot.
 > Want to convert it over to 440 for atv operation but would
 > like to know the expected output power from
 > it....
If it's somewhere between 'em, maybe it might be too much to hope for, but it 
-could- be somewhere around 1kW plate dissapation.  If so, WOW!  1kW on ATV?  
;-)
 > Thanks for the try anyways.Think i seen ya in
 > the sbbs echo sometime ago as well as satelite echo,Im
 > a ex registered sbbs sysop...Ltr...
SBBS yes - satellite echo, no.
   73 = Best Regards
   -Jeff KA5THB
   ka5thb@bigfoot.com
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