[NJARC] Fwd: Attn: TUBE FANCIERS

[Ludwell Sibley]

The tube enthusiasts on the TCA reflector ultimately figured this was a gag.
One member pointed out that these tubes would work in space, but another
reminded him that the cathode coating would get poisoned before launching
could take place.

The posting got taken down early.

Lud

-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Hunter [mailto:ahunter01 at comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 3:26 PM
To: John Dilks K2TQN
Cc: Ludwell Sibley; njarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [NJARC] Fwd: Attn: TUBE FANCIERS

Was that a joke?  That guy went to an awful lot of trouble to remove the 
glass.  I want to do just the opposite with some duds I have.  Remove 
the glass, silver it, put in another tube or transistor circuit and 
replace the glass for a working and inexpensive display tube.

Aaron

John Dilks K2TQN wrote:
> _________________________________________________________
> Let's try again,
>
> Click on the bottom link.
>
> 73, John
>
>
>   
>> From: K8MFO at aol.com
>> Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 16:53:52 EDT
>> Subject: Attn:   TUBE FANCIERS
>> To: Old Tube Radios <boatanchors at theporch.com>
>> X-Mailer: AOL 9.0 VR sub 165
>> Reply-To: K8MFO at aol.com
>> Sender: owner-boatanchors at theporch.com
>>
>> I haven't seen this posted here.  If it was, and I missed it, I
apologize.
>>
>> _http://hardocp.com:80/images/news/1237476767fPYMHIsYVF_1_1_l.gif_
>> (http://hardocp.com:80/images/news/1237476767fPYMHIsYVF_1_1_l.gif)
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Don K8MFO
>