304TL (304TL)

A question esp. to our American friends: Why did EIMAC use this very unusual construction for this transmitting tube?

Greetings

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Dear Götz,

my guess is that a modular electrode structure was selected to grant a flexible and more efficient production in the wartime. This choice also simplified the inventory of components that Eimac had to handle, making or buying them from outside. It looks a good idea, even because the frequency limits were more or less the same of the baby 75TL, just the power was greater.

Emilio

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Dear Emilio,

many thanks for your thoughts about the 304TL. Indeed it looks like Eimac just mated four 75TLs in one bulb to create a new powerful tube.

Götz

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Christian schreibt:

ich habe herausgefunden, dass das Glas, durch das die Kontakte geführt sind, Uranglas ist.
Es fluoresziert im "UV-Licht" schön grün.
Die Radioaktivität ist zum Glück sehr gering.

Vielleicht ist diese Information ergänzenswert oder schon laaaange bekannt; -nur mir bis jetzt nicht;-)
 

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