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Re: [Amps] 3-500Z labeling

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Subject: Re: [Amps] 3-500Z labeling
From: gudguyham--- via Amps <amps@contesting.com>
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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 18:58:05 +0000 (UTC)
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It would be very difficult to pass off a Jolita tube as an Amperex.  Unlike 
Eimac and Chienese type 3-500 tubes the Amoerex does not require an anode width 
enhancer because the anode protrusion of an Amperex tube is already the proper 
width.  


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim <jimw7ry@gmail.com>
To: amps <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Dec 10, 2018 1:32 pm
Subject: Re: [Amps] 3-500Z labeling

RF parts is selling "re-branded" Amperex 3-500 tubes which are nothing 
more than Jolita (China made) 3-500s. Just did a picture lookup on 
Google and saw them. They have 5 disks vs the original Amperex 4 disk.

Eimac DID make graphite plate (stacked doghnuts) style 3-500s in the 60s 
and 70s. They are pretty rare. I had several pairs in very old SB220s 
that I bought at hamfests. They were clearly marked with the Eimac 
label. I don't remember how many disks the Eimac tube had.


Thanks
73
Jim W7RY

On 12/9/2018 10:10 PM, Stan Gammons wrote:
> Probably RF parts tubes. The RF parts 3-500ZG tubes in my L-4B have 5 
> disc. Seems like the Amperex ones have 4 disc.  All of the Eimac 
> plates I've seen were vertical and corrugated shaped. Eimac made some 
> great 3-500Z's. Wish they still did...  But, I think the tube vs solid 
> state amps has been covered before.
>
>
> 73
>
> Stan
> KM4HQE
>
>
> On 12/9/18 11:59 AM, Jim wrote:
>> Then they are not Eimac.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> 73
>> Jim W7RY
>>
>> On 12/9/2018 10:42 AM, Paul Baldock wrote:
>>> At 08:45 PM 12/8/2018, you wrote:
>>>> Are there serial numbers on the grid mounting disk/cone below the 
>>>> plate? 
>>>
>>> No
>>>
>>> - Paul
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