[Hallicrafters] HT-32B Alignment

[manualman at juno.com]

I put 6146Bs in my HT-32B the first day I got the rig, and when I sold
the rig 5 years later, they were still working fine on all bands. I have
never experienced the gloom and doom that Glen reports in all my years of
replacing weak or defective 6146s or 6146As with 6146Bs. Rigs included
Hallicrafters, Johnsons, Heathkits, Kenwoods, and probably others that I
don't remember. I have read Glen's articles on this issue and acknowledge
his concerns, but with all the rigs I've gone though over the years, I
have never seen this problem. My Johnson Valiant , with 3 6146s in the
final, has 2 6146As and 1 6146B running for the last 7 years and perks
along fine all the way to 10 meters. 
Pete, WA2CWA

On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:14:45 -0800 (PST) Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com>
writes:
> In terms of the 6146B type replacing the
> 6146/6146A/8298:  Sometimes it works, most of the time
> it doesn't!  You have to see if they will neutralize. 
> If they won't neutralize, or if the neutralization
> doesn't stay put, then you really need to go back to
> the 6146/6146A/8298 series tubes and not the
> 6146B/8298A.
> 
> Also, even the  transmitters introduced after the
> 6146B came out if they were not designed for the 6146B
> (and most were not), then you can definitely have
> problems.
> 
> Glen, K9STH
> 
> 
> --- "PETER A. STRATIGOS" <peters7 at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
> 
> I recently read the Collins reflector article on
> > the use of 6146Bs in stead of the plain Jane 6146s. 
> > I belatedly realized I did my alignment using 6146W
> > (which the article says are the same as teh 6146Bs).
> >  Since this transmitter preceded the 1964
> > introduction of the 6146Bs (per the Collins article)
> > has anyone had any experiece running an HT-32B with
> > the 6146Bs rather than the plain Jane 6146?
> 
> =====
> Glen, K9STH
> 
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