6146 Summary

[Glen Zook]

That is basically it!

Glen, K9STH


--- rayfri <rayfri at networld.com> wrote:
> After reading Glen's explanation and the article he
> penned, it seems to
> me
> that all the 6146 talk can be boiled down to one
> recommendation:
> Equipment which used 6146 or 6146A tubes cannot use
> subsequent models
> without possible or likely problems breaking out,
> but equipment which
> used
> the B or the military W tubes can use the earlier
> plain or A tubes
> without trouble.
> If that about sums it up, then I may have to see if
> anyone wants to swap
> some
> W's for plains or A's in order to retube my Heathkit
> SB-400 and SB-101
> because they use the 6146A tubes.
> However, looking at my Kenwood ts-520 manual, it
> says the finals are a
> pair
> of S2001A tubes, which are the same as 6146B tubes
> according to
> the manual.  .  SO... I can use the W's I have for
> my Kenwood, because
> if I understand Glen correctly, the W and the B are
> essentially the same
> tube, or at least interchangable.
> Ray  WA7ITZ
>


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