Gudguyham@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/22/2007 12:46:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> david.kirkby@onetel.net writes:
>
> Reid Brandon at Eimac once sent me an email saying that basically the
> pulsed tubes could be used in place of the non-pulsed ones in amateur
> applications.
>
>
>
> Yes this is true and the basis for my offering. Not only that, I have
> tested such tube in my Al-1500 which yields me perfect results and then
> some. Lou
But there are severals differences in this case.
1) Clearly the tube is *not* simply a pulsed version of the 8877. A
number of characteristics are significantly different, like heater
voltage and size.
2) The 8877 is not the 3CPX1500A7 which you claimed, although I admit
that the difference between an 8877 and a 3CPX1500A7 is very minor and
of no significance. But the tube you are offering is neither.
In fact, how do you know what its specs are? Do you have a datasheet? Or
are these just guess and hearsay?
3) You claimed it was an industrial version of the 8877. Nothing to back
that up at all. Given the nature of these power tubes, I would say they
are all industrial units. I doubt Eimac could survive selling tubes for
just home users.
4) You claimed the higher power and lower drive than the 8877. Again,
there was nothing to back that up.
I personally feel it is wrong to advertise the tube the way you did. It
stretches the truth somewhat.
It is that sort of advertising that leads to unhappy customers, and then
arguments about shipping costs.
It just strikes me as a bit odd that you knew about the extra power and
gain, but not about the fact it was bigger and needed a different heater
voltage.
If you do have a data sheet, I'd be delighted to put it on
http://www.g8wrb.org/
Files can be uploaded via
http://www.althorne.org/php/
dave
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