[BC] 8008s

[Chuck Lakaytis]

An eon ago I maintained several high power suppressed carrier independent
sideband transmitters for Uncle Sam.  Collins AN/FRT 51's all pulsing with
that beautiful mercury or zenon glow.

When they arced back it was quite a show.

Chuck Lakaytis
CML Broadcast
Anchorage, AK 


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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Art Reed
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [BC] 8008s

I only ever had the standard blue kind. October was tube-change month, 
new 4-400C Amperex all around, and a set of 8008's. Even in central New 
England, there was a place 8 miles away that stocked both kinds of 
tubes.  (Industrial Components Corp).  That way I was ready for the long 
New England winter.  The lower command on position 1 of the TRC15 was 
disconnected when I got there.  And the backup transmitter 
was..............an RA-1000!

Art Reed

cfreinwald at entercom.com wrote:
> Remember the 8008-XE's.... They were really nice...Think Amperex
> made them for a while...too bad they quit.   They glowed GREEN...
>
> Too bad, a couple of generations of folks that have never seen an
> AM rig with those rectifiers pulsing with modulation...it was a
> great show and tell with the viewers convinced they were seeing
> - power -.    Then there are those cold mornings with a HP rig
> and the ka--pow of circuit breakers cause they were grumpy....
> Learned to keep the filaments on from then on...
>
> Clay Freinwald
>
> >>> enginr at iglou.com 8/8/2006 4:20 PM >>>
> You can get anything you want!  I find that, even Ebay sales, are a good
> source.
>
> >
> > Can you even get 8008's any more?
> >
> >
> > Art Reed
> >
>
>
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