[AMRadio] Old Tube Burn-in

[Rob Atkinson]

Any vacuum tube is a particle accelerator.  This is why tubes are so
much more fun and interesting:  high energy physics.  This is what
most hams running modern computer rigs can't figure out.  What's more
exciting, a 250TH or a surface mount chip?   "Yeah but I have digital
signal processing."  it goes right by them.

73
Rob
K5UJ


On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 9:58 AM ARS W5OMR <ars.w5omr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Very good info,  John. Thanks!
> I'm going to get my filament transformer connected to a pair of sockets and
> let em cook for a couple of weeks.
>
> Particle accelerator?
> Way cool!
>
> I read, aloud, your description to my 14 year old Honors Student. We went
> and looked up "particle acceleration".
> I think shes decided on her college major, now.
>