[Johnson] 6146 flavors

[C E]

Oddly enough, I bought a three-some set of "B"'s to
use in my Valiant's final from a company down in the
south that claimed they "RF test" all of their tubes.
Needless to say, they worked in my Val II (this was
back in the Mid 90's). Needless to say, she's up in
NorCal somewhere helping to warm the ether on 3870
with absolutely no problemo! Cal 

--- John Lawson <jpl15 at panix.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> 
>    I can report from limited experience that the "W"
> version would not 
> function in my particular Valiant - they were NOS
> JAN units - the finals 
> would not resonate at all on any band.
> 
>    I then bought a set of "A"s and checked them for
> a rough match on my 
> Weston 686-10B - they were within a few percent, so
> I used 'em.  I found 
> in my tube stash a pair of "B"s - they checked OK so
> they went in the 
> modulator.
> 
>    So far this combination seems to be 'working' -
> I'll know better when I 
> get the rest of the work done on it and try and
> actually get on the air 
> with it - very hopefully by this coming weekend.
> 
> 
>   Cheers
> 
> John  KB6SCO
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