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General Category => QSLs Received => Topic started by: DimBulb on March 16, 2012, 1752 UTC

Title: Trans Europe Radio QSL
Post by: DimBulb on March 16, 2012, 1752 UTC

(http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k520/Bucketopia/DimBulb%20QSLs/TransEuropeRadio-2012-Mar-111615z15090kHz.jpg)

Thanks for the QSL Hans - and thanks to Chris for the heads up on the 15 mHz euro-pirate activity.  Check out Trans Europe's home-brew transmitter... a real beauty!

(http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k520/Bucketopia/DimBulb%20QSLs/TransEuropeRadio-2012-Mar-111615z15090kHz-TX.jpg)

Title: Re: Trans Europe Radio QSL
Post by: skeezix on March 17, 2012, 0054 UTC

Wow... that sure is nice.

Title: Re: Trans Europe Radio QSL
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on March 27, 2012, 1129 UTC

Mine arrived today, very nice QSL, thanks!

Title: Re: Trans Europe Radio QSL
Post by: zackers on March 27, 2012, 1646 UTC

Any idea what that final tube is? I'm not familiar with that one.

Title: Re: Trans Europe Radio QSL
Post by: DimBulb on March 27, 2012, 1809 UTC

Hi Zack, it's a QE 08/200

    http://www.g8wrb.org/data/Philips/QE-08-200.pdf

I've never seen one either, don't know how unique that 5-pin socket is...

Title: Re: Trans Europe Radio QSL
Post by: zackers on March 27, 2012, 1910 UTC

Thanks! Looks like it's good for a couple hundred watts but probably hard to find, at least in the USA.

Title: Re: Trans Europe Radio QSL
Post by: jFarley on March 27, 2012, 2112 UTC

@DimBulb: thanks for posting tube image and spec sheet; it's like porn to me!

@Zack: never underestimate what crap you'll find on eBay!   
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Philips-QE08-QE-08-200-Beam-Power-Tube-Tetrode-/120702109457
only $125

Title: Re: Trans Europe Radio QSL
Post by: zackers on March 27, 2012, 2215 UTC

Yeah, I saw that. One for $125 and another for $165 on eBay. Their advantage is they are nice and compact. I could get a couple 572B's for a lot cheaper if I wanted to build something that had more room.