[Boatanchors] Re: 6146 issues

[J.D. Mac Aulay, WQ8U]

My experience has been similar to John's (K5MO).  Some
rigs seem to have problems but with proper attention
to the neutralization and what the grid/plate meter's
telling you, the 6146B/W are OK tubes. I have a Ranger
and a Valiant that seem happy with them.  But, who
knows, maybe I just said the right things to them when
they were installed :-) - you know how convincing we
mid-westerners can be.
73
Mac
WQ8U

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> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:34:46 -0400
> From: john <johnmb at nc.rr.com>
> Subject: [Boatanchors] 6146 folklore
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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.
> 
> 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!
> 
> 73
> John K5MO
> 
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