[Milsurplus] [MRCA] Working "Cold War " relics, AN/ARC-58 and more!

[Ray Chase]

Burle bought the RCA power tube operation in Lancaster, PA.
Ray Chase

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Haynes" <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] [MRCA] Working "Cold War " relics, AN/ARC-58 and 
more!


>
> Speaking of those external anode  power tubes, a friend just gave me a
> couple of 8807 tubes.  Made by Burle, a company I had never heard of, but
> they look about like a PL-172A sort of tube.  Well I downloaded a spec
> sheet and these things have a rated plate dissipation of 15KW!  The
> filament alone takes about 1.5 KW.  And they require about 600cfm of air,
> which is more than ten times what a 4CX1500A needs.
>
> Anybody want to build a California kilowatt?  I've got just the tubes
> for you.  Can't offer any help with the power supply, however.  You might
> be better off trying to find a discarded TV transmitter and reworking
> the tuned circuits.
>
>
>
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