[time-nuts] HP5061B Beam Tubes

Bob Camp lists at rtty.us
Sun Sep 22 17:46:18 EDT 2013


Hi

Well I can answer that one.

Sending a 5071 back to Symmetricom and getting a new high performance tube in it is roughly a $35K hit to the old Visa card. The hard part is getting all the shipping doc's filled out for the "ultra hazardous Cs" that you are shipping. You have to go to a class and get a certificate just to fill out the forms….

Perish forbid *anybody* would ever ignore those regulations and carry one on a passenger flight …….

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Just in case you missed all the previous posts. There isn't enough Cs in a standard to harm much of anything Its so well protected that a drop off a 4 story building won't release any of it. Regardless of all that it's Hazmat. 

Bob

On Sep 22, 2013, at 5:32 PM, Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com> wrote:

> Bob basically said it, not only 5061A but most others. I now only run my
> 5061A every couple months to purge it and when I want to play with my two
> Rb's and want them adjusted to the 5061A vs GPS.
> 
> Wonder what a replacement 5071A tube runs now days ...
> 
> -pete
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Bob Camp <lists at rtty.us> wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> Most of the genuine 5061 tubes out there have either died long ago or
>> wound up in one of the ever smaller number of working 5061's.
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> On Sep 22, 2013, at 3:58 PM, W3KL <w3kl at w3kl.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> What's the story on availability of beam 5061 beam tubes?  Does anyone
>> have
>>> a supply or know of someone who does who is willing to sell one or more?
>>> I'm looking for option 004 tubes if they are available?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> My 5061B Option 004 is basically kaput.no beam current at all.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jeff
>>> 
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