VTTC Tubes

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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