Of course, our lives went on past the life of RS.
I still encounter the occasional RS Lifetime tube. They have gold-plated pins and I have yet to find a dud from them.
73,
Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
Time flies like an arrow.? Fruit flies like a banana.
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On Friday, December 1st, 2023 at 11:08 AM, Doug Renwick <ve5ra@...> wrote:
Wow. A life time guarantee on 6LQ6 tubes is insane.
Doug
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jerry-KF6VB
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Subject: Re: [DRAKE-RADIO] TR-4 #ForSale
On 2023-11-30 14:06, Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 via groups.io wrote:
The primary destroyer of the final tubes is driving the carp out of
them all the time.
*** I once built a linear into an ARC-5 transmitter cabinet. It had
4 6LQ6 tubes. I bought them at Radio Shack, which had a lifetime
guarantee
on their tubes. I put that Radio Shack receipt in an envelope and taped
it
to the bottom of the linear.
...And I sure did drive the carp out of those tubes :).
- Jerry, KF6VB
