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It was intended for ham bands once I get my license but that tuner didn't last 2 minutes. Fortunantly my antennas are around 1.5 and 1.2 for CB presently straight through so I didn't "need" the tuner I was just trying to future proof the station and have one unit for meter/coax switch/tuner but...

Well that went badly wrong. That brand new MFJ 986 was bleeding RF talkback everywhere, would tune down then shoot up to sky high SWR and a something electronic ozone smell is coming from it with a whole 500 (supposedly can take 1.5k max) max watts in. This thing is going back immidately. I did...

Unfortunantly I'll be in the office tomorrow no access to radio but I will try catch you this weekend @unit_399 need to see what you hear of the new setup. 73s LSB

Have one of these due tomorrow night. We will see what it's meter thinks for fun.

So WHERE are you lot hanging out so I stop looking in all the wrong places as the song goes....

@unit_399 where ya at lol

Yes Sir, I have done that. That's what generated my original numbers.

I believe so, yes to include dipping. That's just all it has to give with present tube it came with I suppose.

He is a ham. I wouldnt have thought he beat it to death but no telling. It's certainly functional just maybe not at peak power that it could be. Guess I have to decide if that's worth 300 bucks to find out...

@nomadradio I did not find any condition when tuned up where filament glow was even a little reddish. It remained a constant warm yellow/white glow with no dimming. I am fairly "close" to the mains in the garage, relatively speaking. The voltage meter on the front only flicks back slightly, not...

This is what both meters claim pep but as you can see they differ quite a bit from one another. My AM is significantly less as the yaesu only does 25dk and maybe swings toward 50 w mod. Judging with your videos and Nomads advice it would seem I am indeed soft. Bugger. Time for new tube I guess.

Yes Sir, I thought not myself. It does seem the general consensus is I'm a little soft but would that be 100 in @120 that does it usually or @240?

Awsome info ty Sir I will give it a shot.

Dang it JJ. NOW I'm paranoid all my amazon LED lights are tearing me up. A new hunt ensues....also love your work @Crawdad7

Oof. And replacing said soft tube would then take a new 300ish dollar Z and convert it into the same condition as the one I have presently if operated on 120. I wonder how much it would cost me to take 240 round to the living room.... Given the operating conditions I laid out ...what would...

You are correct Sir. It is on 120v. So given all the above, this tube is likely in full operational condition but unless 240 is used it will not achieve its full potential. Sadly if I had the amp 6 ft from the breaker box I would be relegated to either the laundry room or the garage. Though the...

@nomadradio thoughts or opinion on above?

Yes, do tell. May save a lot of scrap yard boxes for another generation.

I used to think the 6LQ6s were expensive 10 years ago when I had my tubers. Wow!

Asked some people via PM but using it with my phone is well I screwed it up. One person responded and then apparently I deleted their answer when responding with more specifics below and the other either didn't see, or couldn't be bothered with me, which I also understand completely but I still...