Tubes on the go?

[Schu]

I thought I would share this... for those of you always on the go!

 

 

[Travis In Austin]

Valves in a car, what a novel idea.

[Don Richard]

 I would rather the valves be located in the engine, not near the engine.

[NOSValves]

Valves have been on the go since the 1920's....the Russian Military still has Valves in all the tanks, Mig jets and what not.... those little fire bottles are tougher then you think!

[Schu]

Valves have been on the go since the 1920's....the Russian Military still has Valves in all the tanks, Mig jets and what not.... those little fire bottles are tougher then you think!

 

 

 

emp Proof?

[MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE]

NICE!! I like it

MKP :-)

[OO1]

 

Valves have been on the go since the 1920's....the Russian Military still has Valves in all the tanks, Mig jets and what not.... those little fire bottles are tougher then you think!

 

 

 

emp Proof?

 

- what a whole lot of nostalgia    -EMP hardening has ebabled the military forces across the world to replace Tubes - and than includes the Russians -tubes amps are not immuned to EMP either -the Russians have new technology that is devoid of tubes since the 70's -

 

-in todays world where you need a brain in the electronics of military equipment - unfortunately - tubes are obsolete -  

 

on the other hand  , if you are a music sound  audiophile - tubes are high end equipment -for the ones who can afford it -

Edited April 5, 2015 by Randyh

[derrickdj1]

The US military would be wise to have something that will work after a huge EMP from one of those booms, lol.  The Russians made not be that far behind the times.

[OO1]

The US military would be wise to have something that will work after a huge EMP from one of those booms, lol.  The Russians made not be that far behind the times.

no worry here - they have it by the spades -and far ahead of the game -

[NOSValves]

 

 

Valves have been on the go since the 1920's....the Russian Military still has Valves in all the tanks, Mig jets and what not.... those little fire bottles are tougher then you think!

 

 

 

emp Proof?

 

- what a whole lot of nostalgia    -EMP hardening has ebabled the military forces across the world to replace Tubes - and than includes the Russians -tubes amps are not immuned to EMP either -the Russians have new technology that is devoid of tubes since the 70's -

 

-in todays world where you need a brain in the electronics of military equipment - unfortunately - tubes are obsolete -  

 

on the other hand  , if you are a music sound  audiophile - tubes are high end equipment -for the ones who can afford it -

 

 

 

And you get the entirety of the above information from where? Link please.

[NOSValves]

I'm pretty sure the MIG 25 is still in service and utilizes a 6C33C-B triode in the Radar scope system.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25

[OO1]

 

 

 

Valves have been on the go since the 1920's....the Russian Military still has Valves in all the tanks, Mig jets and what not.... those little fire bottles are tougher then you think!

 

 

 

emp Proof?

 

- what a whole lot of nostalgia    -EMP hardening has ebabled the military forces across the world to replace Tubes - and than includes the Russians -tubes amps are not immuned to EMP either -the Russians have new technology that is devoid of tubes since the 70's -

 

-in todays world where you need a brain in the electronics of military equipment - unfortunately - tubes are obsolete -  

 

on the other hand  , if you are a music sound  audiophile - tubes are high end equipment -for the ones who can afford it -

 

 

 

And you get the entirety of the above information from where? Link please.

 

 

I'm pretty sure the MIG 25 is still in service and utilizes a 6C33C-B triode in the Radar scope system.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25

-  they used to use the  6C33C  in the 70's and that proved to the West that the feared  Mig 25 was a DUD - and obsolete technology -

 

the Russians lack of modern technology became so evident that the Soviet Union collapsed for the reason of obsolescence   -

 

one main reason to use tubes in the 70's was the inability of the russians to manufacture solid state quality components - they have however evolved in the interim  - EMP had nothing to do with the choice of Tubes

Edited April 5, 2015 by Randyh

[pite]

Pretty Cool !!

[OO1]

I'm pretty sure the MIG 25 is still in service and utilizes a 6C33C-B triode in the Radar scope system.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25

That radar is pretty old stuff - even with a 6C33C  , it was not a technology marvel of any kind

Edited April 5, 2015 by Randyh

[joshnich]

The comment wasn't that tubes were used in technological marvels. ..... Only that they are still being used.

[NOSValves]

And they are still used by the Russian military.

[joshnich]

Exactly!

[OO1]

And they are still used by the Russian military

 

Russia is a superpower ,  would they still be using tubes , they would be considered a third world country at best -

Edited April 6, 2015 by Randyh

[Travis In Austin]

Our EMP hardening is a technological marvel, but the technology itself isn't a marvel is it?

Shuttle used IBM System/4 Pi.

The Orion is using 3 Honeywell built computers based on the RAD 750 chip available since 2002, from the IBM Thinkpad 750. That chip is obsolete, but very reliable. Used by Boeing in modern 747s and then the 787. The EPM hardening drives the cost up to 300K per chip, and is made by British Aerospace.

Speed, RAM, memory, all seem to take a back seat to reliable, time tested, technology when it come to aerospace and even Mil-Standard-2169.

A large number of our gravity nuclear bombs still use vacuum tubes, one of which controls the radar fuse.

From what I saw on C-span and read in Jaynes, a great deal of our military hardening had occurred since 2010, and there have been several acts on Congress to fund that.

[Travis In Austin]

And they are still used by the Russian military.

As well as USA Military, as least in our nukes.