Re: Amplifone tube.

On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 11:07:37 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:

>On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Dan Todd wrote:
>
>> I have a couple of Amplifone tubes and yokes. I know the tube model is the same
>> as the WG61XX (19VLUP I think). The yoke looks the same but I didn't ohm it, so
>> I was wondering if the yokes were the same myself. The Electrohome G08 uses the
>> same tube also.
>
> The tube model is NOT the same as the one in the WG. The
>Amplifone is a 19VLTP22 (or some Rauland part number that I always
>forget.) I think you are right on the WG part number. The VLTP is a
>medium res tube, while the VLUP is a low-res tube. It makes a difference.

I went out an looked. You are absolutely right. (but you knew that) :)
The Amp tube has a Rauland # and is deeper with a different neck connector on
the tube. I must have looked at the GO8 and the WG and realized they were the
same tube and thought I had looked at the Amplifone.

> The yokes are NOT the same.
>
>> As a side note, I didn't want to anti up the $200 for a new HV transformer so I
>> popped a WG in my Star Wars and the picture looks pretty dang good, without a
>> display corrector. The bowing is only noticeable to me when there is a square
>> box on the screen in test mode.
>
> My guess is that you've never seen a working Amplifone in a
>Star Wars before. While the picture with a WG is OK, the picture
>with the Amplifone blows it away. It's not so much an issue of
>bowing, as the med-res/low-res issue. The vectors in a WG Star Wars are
>fuzzier, and some things (like the starfield movement) just don't look
>quite right (due the the lower slew rate of the WG, compared to the
>Amplifone.)
I had it running for a day (before the red transformer crapped and recall it
being sharp, but haven't done a side by side. I guess I'll have to do that.
Thanks for making me want to blow the 2 bills. :( .... just kidding.

> Spend the $200 for the Wintron, and keep the resulting spare
>working WG around for a rainy day.
>
>Joe
Received on Sun Oct 10 15:35:10 1999