[Boatanchors] Ohms Law

WA5CAB at cs.com WA5CAB at cs.com
Mon Apr 19 22:19:18 EDT 2010


Barrie,

OK.  I never even thought about those.  VT-127A is AKA 100TS (SPECIAL).

In a message dated 4/19/2010 7:24:12 PM Central Daylight Time, 
barrie at centric.net writes: 
> I'm getting real excited to get this rig on the air.  It's for 10 and 15 
> meters, only.  Uses a pair of VT-127As, which are vaguely similar to the 
> 100TH except they use the grid and filament from the 250TH.
> 
> They are a WW2 radar tube.  Look like a glass spaceman, with grid and 
> plate 
> pins coming out the sides.
> 
> A junior high-school buddy of mine (Scott,W7TLZ, now SK) had a pair of 
> VT-127As on 40 meter CW back in the very early 1950s.  His ham-father 
> built 
> it for him.

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
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