[Boatanchors] data to check European tubes

[Richard Post]

Roger, Olaf,

The Allied Radio Shack data book that has the cross reference for 
European and American tubes is on-line from WA7ZCZ. Check the 
following URL for table of contents. Lots of other good info also.

<http://www.qsl.net/wa7zcz/area2/t_of_c.html>


73,
Rich

http://www.qsl.net/kb8tad


At 7:58 PM -0500 12/13/05, Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com wrote:
>Olaf,KF4TP Olaf at carolina.rr.com
>
>Once upon a time Radio shack printed some tube substitution handbooks.
>The RCA and Sylvania tube manuals also have tube base diagrams.
>
>Looking up a European tube in the cross reference and testing it in the TV7
>as its US equivalent will get you most tubes.
>
>Looking up a base diagram and US equivalent with the same base diagram will
>let you set up the TV7 Knobs to test the base diagram type tube. Some thought
>will let you choose a reasonable bias value to test the tube type with.
>
>Biggest problem is getting your hands on the books you need.
>
>You mite ask us to look up a hand full for you so you can do yours.
>
>Roger KC6TRU