[Kenwood] 6146 tubes.

[Tom Anderson]

Ray, et. al:

You need to read 
 http://home.comcast.net/~zcomco/The_6146_Family_of_Tubes_1.htm    by 
Glen Zook, K9STH,   Then e-mail him about paying extra for matched sets 
of tubes.  Glen, who repaired my Collins  30-L-1 amp, is a former 
Collins engineer, and told me that its not worth the extra money paying 
extra for "matched" tubes.  I was asking him about buying a set of 
"matched" 6146s for my Kenwood TS830s and Glen said don't waste the 
extra money.

Tom, WW5L

KD5NWA wrote:

> Even in parallel you would want the tubes to be close to one another, 
> gain should be close otherwise one will try to put out most of the 
> power and burn out prematurely.
>
> At 07:39 AM 9/1/2005, David, M0WAM wrote:
>
>>  Hi Ray,
>>
>> I'm interested to know why a matched pair?  If they're for a Kenwood, 
>> I've
>> always understood the output stages operate in parallel rather than
>> push-pull therefore matching isn't an issue.  Of course I could well be
>> talking through my hat...
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> David
>> M0WAM
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: kenwood-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> > [mailto:kenwood-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ray
>> > Sent: 31 August 2005 22:46
>> > To: kenwood at mailman.qth.net
>> > Subject: [Kenwood] 6146 tubes.
>> >
>> > I'm looking for a matched pair of 6146 tubes.
>> > Any out there?
>> >
>> > 73
>> > Ray, N6XVO
>> > Springfield, MO.
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