"harry" wrote in message
m...
Hi Folks:
A guy at work bought his old guitar amp to get looked at. The
tech said he needed new tubes. (probably really doesn't). However, I
needed to bring in my 833A and said he needed 2 tubes like this!! He
was hysterical!
The tech and I got talking about BIG glass tubes. I was wondering if
anyone knows of a bigger glass tube than 833a , 852 , 861, 4-1000a
etc.
Thanks!
Harry

These are pretty big. They're described as 5 feet tall. They're from
Powel Crosley's 500 kw WLW transmitter:

http://hawkins.pair.com/wlw/wlw3.jpg

This is from:

http://hawkins.pair.com/wlw.shtml

Frank Dresser

THE BIGGEST I EVER SAW WERE IN A 150 KW TRANSMITTER IN GERMANY. THEY
WERE TALLER THAN I WAS AND ABOUT 18" THICK. TWO OF THEM SUPPLIED THE
CARRIER WITH ONE OPERATING ONLY ON PEAKS. THE EMERCENCY POWER WAS
SUPPLIED BY A DIESEL RAILROAD ENGINE. WEISSKIRCHEN GERMANY WAS THE
LOCATION. ANY OLD AFNERS AROUND.


CHECK MY WEBSITE: www.dialcover.com
Bill Turner, excuse caps, short answers, stroke.
Business SASE, each order a copy of The Pocket Resource Guide.

Behold, Frank Dresser signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:


"harry" wrote in message
m...
Hi Folks:
A guy at work bought his old guitar amp to get looked at. The
tech said he needed new tubes. (probably really doesn't). However, I
needed to bring in my 833A and said he needed 2 tubes like this!! He
was hysterical!
The tech and I got talking about BIG glass tubes. I was wondering if
anyone knows of a bigger glass tube than 833a , 852 , 861, 4-1000a etc.
Thanks!
Harry

These are pretty big. They're described as 5 feet tall. They're from
Powel Crosley's 500 kw WLW transmitter:

http://hawkins.pair.com/wlw/wlw3.jpg

This is from:

http://hawkins.pair.com/wlw.shtml

Frank Dresser

http://www.tubecollector.org/rd150yb.htm

--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca

Wow! Thanks! Cool pics! I'd like to find something like that on eBay!
It sure would make a neat lamp, or tesla coil!
Harry

Gregg wrote in message news:PNd%b.76310$Hy3.53498@edtnps89...
Behold, Frank Dresser signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:


"harry" wrote in message
m...
Hi Folks:
A guy at work bought his old guitar amp to get looked at. The
tech said he needed new tubes. (probably really doesn't). However, I
needed to bring in my 833A and said he needed 2 tubes like this!! He
was hysterical!
The tech and I got talking about BIG glass tubes. I was wondering if
anyone knows of a bigger glass tube than 833a , 852 , 861, 4-1000a etc.
Thanks!
Harry

These are pretty big. They're described as 5 feet tall. They're from
Powel Crosley's 500 kw WLW transmitter:

http://hawkins.pair.com/wlw/wlw3.jpg

This is from:

http://hawkins.pair.com/wlw.shtml

Frank Dresser

http://www.tubecollector.org/rd150yb.htm

Behold, harry signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

Wow! Thanks! Cool pics! I'd like to find something like that on eBay!
It sure would make a neat lamp, or tesla coil! Harry

There's a bigger one too, but I can't remember the URL. It was used by
an American propaganda station beaming programming to Cuba, IIRC. It's
all glass, about 6' high and was a self-contained oscillator and 500KW
power amplifier. Only three were ever made.

--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 23:41:36 GMT, "Frank Dresser"
wrote:


"harry" wrote in message
om...
Hi Folks:
A guy at work bought his old guitar amp to get looked at. The
tech said he needed new tubes. (probably really doesn't). However, I
needed to bring in my 833A and said he needed 2 tubes like this!! He
was hysterical!
The tech and I got talking about BIG glass tubes. I was wondering if
anyone knows of a bigger glass tube than 833a , 852 , 861, 4-1000a
etc.
Thanks!
Harry

These are pretty big. They're described as 5 feet tall. They're from
Powel Crosley's 500 kw WLW transmitter:

http://hawkins.pair.com/wlw/wlw3.jpg

This is from:

http://hawkins.pair.com/wlw.shtml

Good Gawd, but that is a terrible page to try to read after they load
the background!

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Frank Dresser