[SignalOne] Continiuing Travails

[W2AGN]

On 5 Jan 2003 at 14:00, Ed Tanton wrote:

> Is the (separate from the cabinet) bottom RF compartment shield in place? 
> Mine did this (turning it on outside the cabinet... there was no shield 
> with it, despite the appearance of the (pardon the invented word) 
> "mountability" of one, and I'm convinced that was the deal-I had to put 
it 
> up to perform the wife's ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CLEANUP FRENZY before I could 

> find out-and have not been able to get back to it. Also, using one of 
those 
> 45xx whatever Motorolas instead of an 8072 MAY have been a problem... 
> despite interchangeability claims-they surely OUGHT to work. And/or 
> individual tube gain problems causing self-osc. I just have not been 
able 
> to get back to it to find out.
> 
>

Hmmm. I do have the bottom shield off. I'll try putting it back.  The 
tube is a "real" 8072, so that's not it. Just seems funny the a tube that 
doesn't arc..doesn't work.


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