VOR vacuum tube availability assessment program
Abstract
The problem of the continued availability of vacuum tubes and solid state replacement devices to support representative VOR equipment through the 1980's is discussed. The reduced availability of vacuum tubes is due mainly to the massive transition to solid state equipment by the consumer entertainment industry. This action 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 selected VOR systems. The applicability of solid state replacement devices to the VOR equipments is discussed.
- Publication:
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Final Report
- Pub Date:
- October 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976git..rept.....H
- Keywords:
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- Spare Parts;
- Technology Assessment;
- Vacuum Tubes;
- Vhf Omnirange Navigation;
- Availability;
- Demand (Economics);
- Solid State;
- Utilization;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering