[ARC5] The 6U8 - what's the big deal with this "toob" - the final solution

[Roy Morgan]

On Dec 5, 2012, at 9:27 PM, Geoff wrote:

> I stick them in foam bases and try my skills at 100 yards with a  
> scoped 22 single shot lever action Stevens that my dad bought new in  
> 1925.

Geoff,

I assume that was a US made rifle.  Isn't it nice to operate old, good  
UhMerrican things?

I have a couple of my grandfathers chisels - he was a cabinet maker -  
and some Stanley planes from that era also.  There are some very nice  
tools made today, usually from Scandinavia or mainland Europe, but the  
old US stuff has a nice feel to it.

Roy

PS: Thanks for the experience with 6U8's.  It's good to hear reports  
of experience instead of hearsay.  The Collins community reports grid  
leakage and filament to cathode leakage and shorts, I think.   I had a  
6U8 way back then (60's) in an International Crystal 6M one-tube  
converter that bagged me a contact from Florida to Mass via aurora  
bounce.  But I may not have put enough hours on the thing to get it to  
old age.  The receiver was a 3-6 Mc ARC-5 unit.

Roy Morgan
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