[Boatanchors] 6146 folklore

[Ray Friess]

john:
what would it run me for you to convert my drake t4x to use my 6146w tubes?
Ray  wa7itz

fkamp at comcast.net wrote:

>john wrote:
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>>I've heard this story about 6146B/Ws over and over, yet my first hand
>>experience bears it out only in one rig, that being a single HW101. I did
>>have problems with neutralization in that rig, however I've used "B" or "W"
>>in Rangers, Valiants (where there's 5 of them!) and my Apache with no
>>problems w/neutralization or stable operation.
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>>I suspect the real situation is there's an increased *chance* of
>>a problem w/SOME rigs, under SOME conditions, but again, my first
>>hand experience shows that it's a minority of rigs and certainly
>>is noticeable if things do act up.
>>
>>If you pay attention to what's going on (watch the meters!) and
>>take some care in neutralization, most rigs respond well and
>>there's not a big problem!
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>My experiences are similar to John's.
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>During the last two years or so I have converted several dozen Drake
>transmitters to 6146 finals.  I use new 6146Ws.  Never had a problem.
>The neutralization had to be tweaked along with the bias, but once that
>was done everything worked as expected.
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>I still have the orginal T4X that was converted about four years ago. 
>Still works.  Still going strong.  I also have a T4XC that was converted
>about a year ago.  Works well and gets a regular weekly workout.
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>Regards,
>Frank Kamp
>K5DKZ
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