Hi Rich,
-
The specific tube that comes to mind was a 5cx1500a
used in an Elcom Bauer "Sparta" FM Broadcast
transmitter. We went to Econco rebuilds after the
first few full pay new bottles.
-
cheers
skipp
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:58:15 -0700 R.Measures <r@somis.org> writes:
> Was the 10+ minute warmup time for a heater-type cathode or for a
> thoriated-tungsten type cathode?
>
> >Hi Jeff,
> >-
> >I've received some broadcast transmitter tubes with
> >recommended warm up times of 10 plus min, some
> >as high as 30 minutes min.
> >-
> >A fellow broadcaster (now an SK) never paid
> >much attention to the pre power warm up time
> >especially the first install.
> >-
> >He called me over one night to source a
> >breaker trip problem which was traced back
> >to the tube, which was not allowed the
> >recommended pre start filament idle time.
> >-...
>
> - R.L. Measures/Rich..., AG6K, 805.386.3734, www.somis.org
>
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