Vacuum Tube Availability Assessment Program.

Abstract

This report deals with the problem of the continued availability of vacuum tubes and solid state replacement devices to support representative FAA equipments through the 1980's. The reduced availability of vacuum tubes is due mainly to the massive transition to solid state equipment by the consumer entertainment industry. This action has led to a large reduction of vacuum tube suppliers, and to a significant increase in the cost of vacuum tubes. Price and tube demand data are presented for the selected VOR systems. The applicability of solid state replacement devices to the FAA equipments is discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA039273

Entities

People

  • Gene K. Huddleston
  • Richard M. Cosel
  • Warren D. Peele

Organizations

  • Rome Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Cathode Ray Tubes
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electron Tubes
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Manufacturing
  • Mass Production
  • Personnel Management
  • Semiconductors
  • Test Equipment
  • Transmitters
  • United States

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