From: "Barry n4buq@knology.net [TekScopes]" <TekScopes@yahoogroups.com>
To: TekScopes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 10:18:21 AM
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Re: A Vacuum Tube Curve Tracer for all Tek Semiconductor Curve Trace

Leeds lists them but not sure if they're stocked.

If you follow the "+" link beside this entry at
http://www.leedsradio.com/parts-sockets.html

7 pin minature plug - fits sockets for 1L6, 6AU6 etc
good for making tube adapters, test jigs (rfe)

It shows the following image:

http://www.leedsradio.com/images-sockets/plug-7pin.JPG

It doesn't show a price so I assume they're out of stock. Not sure what
"(rfe)" means but it shows by several items that do have prices so I don't
think its an indication of out of stock.

Thanks,
Barry - N4BUQ

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From: "'Dennis Tillman' dennis@ridesoft.com [TekScopes]"
<TekScopes@yahoogroups.com>
To: TekScopes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 9:55:48 AM
Subject: RE: [TekScopes] Re: A Vacuum Tube Curve Tracer for all Tek
Semiconductor Curve Trace

Hi Colin,
9-pin socket savers are available from every tube site I have checked. They
are even available direct from the manufacturers via Alibaba. The ones that
are impossible to find are the 7-pin. Those seem to be obsolete. No one is
making them. A few places have old stock at outrageous prices.
Dennis Tillman W7PF

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 6:58 AM
Subject: RE: [TekScopes] Re: A Vacuum Tube Curve Tracer for all Tek
Semiconductor Curve Trace

Dennis,
Is this any good to you?
http://www.tubeampdoctor.com/en/shop_Tube_sockets_and_Accessories_9_PIN_tube
_socket/Novalplug_Noval_tube_base_adapter_2163
The price seems reasonable.

Colin.

Sent: 28 March 2017 06:25
Subject: RE: [TekScopes] Re: A Vacuum Tube Curve Tracer for all Tek
Semiconductor Curve Trace

Hi Dave,
Thank you for your offer but for the moment I think I have a better
solution. The pins coming out of a tube base are about 1/4" (6.8mm). If I
try to push a longer pin into a tube socket it bottoms out at about 0.28"
(7.25mm). So I'm concerned that the 12mm pin length you have will cause
problems.

I have found a workable solution. Vector still makes pins that are the
right
diameter and approximately the right length. They are meant to be pressed
into place in a PC Board through hole and then soldered to the pad
surrounding the hole. Since the vacuum tube curve tracer I was making will
ultimately be built on a printed circuit board I can work out a way to use
the Vector pins I found.

Dennis Tillman W7PF
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