[ARC5] Fw: 6k8 - 12k8?

Sat Apr 16 00:48:08 EDT 2011

Hey Les,

Oh, but I thought Queen was a derogatory term for ...

Mark Twain my alter-ego!

Henry the Fred

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Smith" <vk2bcu at operamail.com>
To: "Henry Mei'l's" <meils at get2net.dk>
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Fw: 6k8 - 12k8?

> Hello Henry,
> An entertaining aspect of Mark Twain's writing was his ability to
> phoneticize the American dialect from the mid 1800's so "yassuh", pheew
> and how Tom and Huck spoke.  Here, in 'stalia, we speak the Queen's
> English - that is, we speak "striane".
>
> Les
> -- 
>  Leslie Smith
>  vk2bcu at operamail.com
>
>
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:31 +0200, "Henry Mei'l's" <meils at get2net.dk>
> wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Henry Mei'l's" <meils at get2net.dk>
>> To: "Leslie Smith" <vk2bcu at operamail.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 6:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] 6k8 - 12k8?
>>
>>
>> > Thank you Les.
>> >
>> > BTW Don't you down Oz and/or the Brits say teyoob (tube)  and teyun 
>> > (tune)
>> > and other quaint stuff like that ? ;0)
>> >
>> > Henry
>> > (aka Fred; middle name, Frederick - better for CW)
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "Leslie Smith" <vk2bcu at operamail.com>
>> > To: "Henry Mei'l's" <meils at get2net.dk>
>> > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 5:56 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [ARC5] 6k8 - 12k8?
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hello Henry,
>> >> Australia is the little island separating New Guinea from the mainland
>> >> of Tasmania.
>> >>
>> >> Les
>> >>
>> >> -- 
>> >>  Leslie Smith
>> >>  vk2bcu at operamail.com
>> >>  (end)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:59 +0200, "Henry Mei'l's" <meils at get2net.dk>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Where's Australia? Is that where they blow into alpine horns aka
>> >>> "stoobs"--perhaps ein kleine dorf in the Austrian Tyrol?
>> >>>
>> >>> Henry (D-  in school geography)
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> From: "Leslie Smith" <vk2bcu at operamail.com>
>> >>> To: "ARC-5 List" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> >>> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 10:39 PM
>> >>> Subject: [ARC5] 6k8 - 12k8?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> > Dear list,
>> >>> > I have a valve (or "toob") marked 12k8.  Manufacturer: KEN-RAD, 
>> >>> > The
>> >>> > cold filament resistance is around 3.9 to 4 ohms.  This is out of 
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > set, unconnected.  Is this a 6k8 that is mis-labelled?  My 
>> >>> > experience
>> >>> > to
>> >>> > date has been that the cold resistance of any of the VT13x "toobs" 
>> >>> > is
>> >>> > around 12 ohms.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I'm uncertain about the source of this valve.  It came from a box 
>> >>> > with
>> >>> > valves, IF transformers, chassis screws etc that was in another box
>> >>> > containing a "scrap" BC-453 I am in the process of rescuing from a
>> >>> > morbid fate.  In other words I don't know where it came from.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I found it in the following manner.  Last night I was at the stage 
>> >>> > of
>> >>> > re-fitting the valves to the "scrap" chassis; I inserted a pair of
>> >>> > valves, turned the filament supply "on" and measured the voltage at
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > junction of the two filaments.  In this case, that turned out to be
>> >>> > about 20 volts.  Hmmmm.  (Thinks ... this is unusual, Mr. Ohm is 
>> >>> > doing
>> >>> > strange things ....)  Do various things - make various checks. 
>> >>> > Mutter
>> >>> > about socket resistance and promise to never wash another chassis 
>> >>> > in
>> >>> > Dot's Bath Cleaner.  Got another 12k8 (this one was made by RCA) 
>> >>> > and
>> >>> > measured the cold filament resistance.  Around 12 ohms.  Put this 
>> >>> > 12K8
>> >>> > (by RCA) into the chassis, and measured the voltage at the center
>> >>> > point
>> >>> > of the two filaments.  Near enough to 12 volt.  (Thinks:  Dot's 
>> >>> > bath
>> >>> > cleaner may not be so bad after all.)
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I imagine this valve somehow got from the 6K8 batch into the 12K8
>> >>> > batch
>> >>> > before the labelling machine at KEN-RAD.  Any-one seen this before?
>> >>> > Or
>> >>> > maybe it's just a broken filament in a 12K8?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > 73 greetings from Australia
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Les
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -- 
>> >>> >  Leslie Smith
>> >>> >  vk2bcu at operamail.com
>> >>> >  (end)
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -- 
>> >>> > http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class
>> >>> >
>> >>> > ______________________________________________________________
>> >>> > ARC5 mailing list
>> >>> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
>> >>> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> >>> > Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>> >>> >
>> >>> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> >>> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> -- 
>> >> http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail...
>> >>
>> >
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> ARC5 mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>>
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>
>
> -- 
> http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different...
> 