[time-nuts] Conducting Bench Top Material

Neville Michie namichie at gmail.com
Thu Jan 28 08:05:56 UTC 2010


And no-one ever invented complimentary N channel and P channel valves  
(tubes).
And they had a service life of 5000 hours and they stoppd working  
properly.



On 28/01/2010, at 6:51 PM, Robert Atkinson wrote:

> And at least I can drop a transistor on the floor without too much  
> damage ;-)
>
> Robert G8RPI.
>
> --- On Thu, 28/1/10, Rex <rexa at sonic.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Rex <rexa at sonic.net>
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Conducting Bench Top Material
> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time- 
> nuts at febo.com>
> Date: Thursday, 28 January, 2010, 5:50
>
>
> Steve Rooke wrote:
>> Wasn't life so much easier with valves (tubes)...
> Nostalgia?
>
> Valves (tubes) warmer in close proximity, yes. Global warming  
> should make that, on average, less helpful.
>
> In the 60's listening to rock music, I could look at the final  
> tubes in a dark room and see the purple glow inside dance with the  
> music.
> Anyone else?
> Solid state amps just can't do that. Way cool. I never tried it  
> with cannabis, but probably even better.
>
> Other than that memory, and certain trade-offs at big Rf power,  
> I'll say I no longer encourage the glowing bulbs for most things.
>
>
>
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