[Hammarlund] JAN tube caveats

[David Knepper]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Roberts" <crgrbrts at verizon.net>
To: "Jim Wilhite" <w5jo at brightok.net>
Cc: "Hammarlund" <>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] JAN tube caveats


> Jim Wilhite wrote:
>
> "...my experience is quite different with JAN tubes...."
>
> I, too, had great faith in the inherent superiority of JAN tubes, which
> is why I asked if anyone else had run into problems with them.
>
> In fairness, as I pointed out, all the troublesome tubes in my
> experience seem to have been ones from late (1979 and later) production
> runs. It seems to me I read recently that there were some quality
> control problems in late tubes. Anyway, I like their pretty green and
> blue markings.
>
> 73,
>
> Craig
> W3CRR
>
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