VTVM Mod/FETRons

[John Burch]

Wednesday  02-25-98
Rocklin, CA  95677

Ah, FETrons...
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> From: Alan Dean Martin <admartin at pacbell.net>
>
> Here' some silly trivia:
>
> The 12AU7 replacement tubes were called "Fetrons". They had originally
> been developed for Bell Telephone equipment which benefitted from
> improved reliability without having to replace costly equipent.

I recently retired from The Phone Company.  In my salad days, I was
a carrier maintenance weenie.  Envision bay after bay, floor to ceiling,
of tube-type telephone carrier equipment.  Row after row.  Floor after
floor.  Toobs as fer as you kin see!

One day a couple of "suits" showed up with a small box of replacement
407 and 408 tubes, which were the brand new FETrons.  I was told that
it was now MY job to swap out all of the tubes for these new little do-dads,
which would be arriving directly in "significant quantity".

But the pay was pretty good, and I stayed a long time...

73 de John  WB6GHA formerly WN6GHA
former Toll Transmissionman ("Tollie"), San Francisco Main (SNFCCA01)
IBEW Local Union 1011, Order of Repeatermen and Toll Testboardmen
..

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