[time-nuts] Strange effect with C-Field change -- and a bit of data

Chuck Harris cfharris at erols.com
Sun Mar 27 08:50:20 EST 2005


John Ackermann N8UR wrote:
> Chuck Harris wrote:
> 
>> I remember reading an advertisement from FTS many moons ago that said 
>> they
>> had for sale higher quality replacement tubes for 5060's, 5061's, and 
>> 5062's.
>> Your replacement tube is most probably one of those tubes.
>>
>> Remember, FTS was a direct competitor for HP's line of C-Beams, and as 
>> such they
>> coveted all aspects of HP's C-Beam market.
>>
>> -Chuck
>>
> Yes, in fact FTS (or Symmetricom or whatever they are this week) still 
> advertises their replacement tubes for the HP units.  Interestingly, 
> they have an 8 year warranty, so FTS must have been able to improve the 
> reliability along the way.

The FTS tubes are so good, that I always expect the ones I find to work!
I have brought up several that were more than 15 years old.  Try that with
an HP tube.

-Chuck




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