[ARC5] Why "Noodling" About Sweep Tubes?

[Jay Coward]

Very interesting topic. 6DQ6 was used in the old Marine band ship to shore radios. The low power ones had one tube. For more power tubes were added in parralel. My father's 150 watt Apelco had 5 I think.
Jay



-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>; ARC-5 List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wed, Oct 23, 2013 12:37 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Why "Noodling" About Sweep Tubes?


On 22 Oct 2013 at 23:50, David Stinson wrote:
> > In fact, Dave might consider replacing his 211s with 805s, although
 > since they are triodes, the audio-phools just love them....
 
 805s are indeed nice tubes, but today they are nearly as expensive as
 the 211s.  The point of the "thought experiment" is to replace the
 211s with an inexpensive sub, thus allowing some of the "no tubes"
 375s currently gathering cobwebs to join us on the air.
Triode-connected 6146 family. Forget the sweep tubes. Those things are 
etting to be as expensive as the better triodes. And I have never liked the 
erned things anyway.
I'll bet I could build an adapter for a 6146 that would plug into a 211 socket.
Ken W7EKB
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