8875
Are there any replacement tubes available that are pin compatible with the
8875. I have the Dentron 2500. Thanks, Mitchell |
Dentron MLA-2500 conversion from Eimac 8875
"Mitchell" wrote in message
... Are there any replacement tubes available that are pin compatible with the 8875. I have the Dentron 2500. Thanks, Mitchell The 3CX400A7 / 8874 is a 400 watt triode in this same Eimac family - but air cooled. http://www.cpii.com/eimac/catalog/167923.htm 3CX800A7 http://www.cpii.com/eimac/catalog/16964.htm Bob Alper, W6KT wrote an article in Communication Quarterly (now part of ARRL QEX magazine) in Summer 1996 Specifically for Dentron MLA-2500 conversion (Dual 4CX400a) Of course this is a conversion from a triode to a tetrode tube. http://www.tomstubes.com/tube_conversions.htm Adobe Acrobat articles (right mouse click and save to disk - faster) Dual 4CX400a http://www.tomstubes.com/images/mla_2500_4cx400a.pdf Single 4CX800a http://www.tomstubes.com/images/mla2500_4cx800a.pdf |
8875
I don't believe there is a direct replacement. There is / was, on the web,
a mod to use another less expensive 4CX400A. It was writen by Bob Alper, W6KT in 1996. It replaces the tube sockets Seems do be dead now: http://www.svetlana.com/docs/TechBul...hnoteNo14.html Goran, SM2YER, lists other mods, but the links were too slow to respond for me to look at them. http://support2.overkalix.se/~sm2yer/shack/amp_mla2500/ Ahhhh! Here it is from a Google search 6/9/2006: T R U S T G O O G L E ! ! http://dk9ip.ba-karlsruhe.de/pdf/mla...hnoteNo14.html Do a search on "Dentron MLA2500 Alper". Maybe it's still somewhere. I have a soft copy. Here's an excerpt: The major problem for MLA-2500 owners is that there is no economical source for the 8875 tubes used as the active amplifiers. For under $350 including sockets and tubes, the amplifier can be converted to run two Svetlana Electron Devices, Inc. 4CX400A tetrodes. (The price of a Svetlana 4CX400A is $140.) . In performing the conversion, five specific needs must be addressed. These a - Modification of the final amplifier tube area. - Adding a screen power supply. - Meter switching board change. - Adding a bias power supply. - Installing the passive input grid circuit. 73, Steve, K9DCI "Mitchell" wrote in message ... Are there any replacement tubes available that are pin compatible with the 8875. I have the Dentron 2500. Thanks, Mitchell |
8875
Hi Mitchell,
The 8875 is its own beast... but you can find them surplus from guy who mod their original Dentron Amplifiers out. I have a 2500 that I'll some day rebuild with a different tube so who knows... I may even sell my used tubes on ebay. You can also post a want over on the yahoo rfamplifiers group, which is a pretty large group about both rf and audio amplifiers... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rfamplifiers/ and the group does both tube and solid state amplifiers... cheers, skipp : Mitchell wrote: : Are there any replacement tubes available that are pin compatible with the : 8875. I have the Dentron 2500. : Thanks, : Mitchell |
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