[Hallicrafters] JAN tube caveats

[Roy Morgan]

At 10:15 AM 9/12/2005, you wrote:
>It's happened again -- twice!
>
>Arriving home after a pilgrimage to Howard Mills' place last Friday, I was 
>anxious to listen to my "new" Collins R-388 ...I heard an odd crunching 
>sound from one of the 12AX7s.  I removed the tube shield and half the 
>glass envelope came with it. ...found a three-day old NOS 6BE6 to be 
>faulty.  Okay -- once again -- it wasn't a "real" 6BE6, but a JAN 5750 
>"equivalent".


Craig,

It's not at all obvious, but you are located in an ANTI-Vortex.  You know 
about the "energy vortexes" located around Sedona, Arizona.  New age people 
sensitive to the energy flows in the universe flock there to get cured and 
such..

The rule of opposite action and reaction may still hold true (despite the 
Cross Field Antenna folks claiming something to the contrary) and you are 
unfortunate enough to be located in an anti-vortex.  The bad energy is 
cracking your tubes.

Now, rest assured, I am going to help you out.

Simply transport that newly aligned an cabineted R-388 over to my place.. 
(it's only a 30 minute drive, after all) and I'll keep it in safety for 
you. We can put it on top of the 75A-4 here and it will feel at home. You 
can come listen to it most any time.  I'll replace any more tubes that 
succumb to the ill effects of being in the anti-vortex which has so 
unfortunately settled upon your place.

Looking forward to giving the R-388 a safe place,

Roy



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