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Fred Abse
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:54:31 +0100, Allan Adler wrote:
:-(
RCA were a big player, ISTR Sylvania, too. The main European producers
were STC (Part of ITT), M-O Valve Company (AKA English Electric Valves, or
EEV), AEG-Telefunken. Valvo, in Saarbrucken may have been involved, too,
but I'm not sure there.
Somebody at the BBC's engineering department (or what's left of it) might
give you a steer. Their 198KHz Droitwich transmitter is still running, and
that may still be tubes. It's damn big.
Do a Google for <"high power transmitting" tubes valves>
There may be obscure companies manufacturing for the niche market that's
left over. If it came to replacing ten grand's worth of final tube or half
a mil for a new transmitter, I know what I'd do
--
Then there's duct tape ...
(Garrison Keillor)
nofr@sbhevre.pbzchyvax.pb.hx
The plants that made them are probably buried under shopping malls by now
:-(
RCA were a big player, ISTR Sylvania, too. The main European producers
were STC (Part of ITT), M-O Valve Company (AKA English Electric Valves, or
EEV), AEG-Telefunken. Valvo, in Saarbrucken may have been involved, too,
but I'm not sure there.
Somebody at the BBC's engineering department (or what's left of it) might
give you a steer. Their 198KHz Droitwich transmitter is still running, and
that may still be tubes. It's damn big.
Do a Google for <"high power transmitting" tubes valves>
There may be obscure companies manufacturing for the niche market that's
left over. If it came to replacing ten grand's worth of final tube or half
a mil for a new transmitter, I know what I'd do
--
Then there's duct tape ...
(Garrison Keillor)
nofr@sbhevre.pbzchyvax.pb.hx