Re: VTTC Tubes

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Original poster: "Ed Sawyer by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sawyer-at-waterville-dot-com>

More trouble than it's worth IMHO...

I have a few vintage RCA 810s for $120/ea., plus some 833a'a NOS for say
$125/ea... be hard pressed to build something useful for less than that...

FWIW,
-Ed



>Original poster: "Marry Krutsch by way of Terry Fritz
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <u236-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
>Hi All!
>
>	A stupid question, but I'll ask anyway.
>
>	Has anyone here tried to make their own high power triodes?  Since real
>transmitting triodes (833a's, etc) are very expensive, might making
>tubes be a viable option for some?
>
>	I was thinking of building a VTTC at some point, and if I'm going to
>build the coil from scratch, why don't I build the tube(s) as well?  The
>main problem would be pulling a good vacuum inside the tube without a
>vaccum pump, but I have some ideas (Uh-Oh :-)).
>
>Just Wondering,
>Winston