[Boatanchors] NEED TUBE HELP PLEASE

[Philip (KO6BB)]

Hi Al,
The only way that I know to test them is to put them into an amplifier 
and see if they'll tune up.

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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RADIOS:
Yaesu FT-2000 Xceiver for "hamming" and LF Beacons.
National NC-183 16 Tube Receiver (circa 1949)
Zenith "American" Royal-7000 Transoceanic. (circa 1970)
Realistic DX-380 Digital Portable.

Central California


On 2/6/2011 4:58 PM, Al wrote:
> Hi
> I have 2ea 3-500Z tubes in original boxes and several 8072 tubes also original boxes.
> Although they look new or NOS I'd like to check them and be sure.
> Does anyone have suggestions on how to test these?
>
> Thank you
> Al
>