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In Reply to: Question on testing 12AX7s - gm vs. mA posted by PeterI on April 5, 2017 at 09:32:39:
Pete. Nice that your 539C has been enhanced to measure current. I am curious why you apply 0.6ma Ip as the threshold for whether to keep or dump 12ax7's? And what threshold do you apply for GM?
Per your mention the grid voltage setting of your 539C is sensitive. The existence of line and bias meters on the 539C are an excellent feature. But the accuracy of those meters is relative loosey goosey as the small size of each meter's scale provides only a vague understanding of what the line and bias voltage is.
I owned a 539C for a while that was enhanced with many Roger Kennedy upgrades including digital line, bias, and current meters. Should you have the interest upgrade to digital line and bias meters such as Roger uses. The benefit is your test results will be significantly more repeatable.
Nice tube tester!
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- RE: Question on testing 12AX7s - gm vs. mA - JazzDude 07:55:23 04/08/17 (2)
- RE: Question on testing 12AX7s - gm vs. mA - PeterI 15:17:15 04/14/17 (1)
- RE: Question on testing 12AX7s - gm vs. mA - Tre' 16:19:41 04/14/17 (0)
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