<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10647"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10646">No problems using the 12-volt equivalent tubes when the original had the heaters of the 6146 tubes wired in series. Just rewire the heaters in parallel and then put a sticker on the unit telling that the final amplifier tubes are now 12-volt instead of the original 6-volt.</span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10649"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10650">Glen, K9STH </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10650"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10650">Website: http://k9sth.net</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10141"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10678" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10677"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10676"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10675"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10680"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006@frontier.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Heath@puck.nether.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 5, 2018 10:26 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Heath] Another question...8032<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10684"><br><div dir="ltr">I have several NIB 8032 tubes here. 8, to be exact. I am thinking that the 8032 is nothing <br></div><div dir="ltr">more than a 6146A with a 12.6 volt filament.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_14180">Since it can be, at times, difficult to find new 6146As for use in our HW-101s and SB gear, I <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_14182">am thinking that by paralleling the filament connections at the tube sockets, one could sub <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_14184">the 8032 for the 6146A without unbalancing the filament string.<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_14186"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10683">8032s can be found, NIB, for very little money. I just got 8 of them for $8 each, which I <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10686">thought was fair.<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10688"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_14188">I believe Motorola used 8032s in some of their VHF gear, so someone here should have <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_14190">had experience with them.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Glenn? Anyone?<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10700"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517852635502_10698"><br></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>