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In Reply to: Interesting. posted by Norm on August 10, 2006 at 06:21:47:
US military would not buy tubes made or designed by a purveyor who did not have a factory in the US. Philips designed the 6DJ8 and it's variants, among others. In order to get the lucrative military contracts and use of their tube designs, Philips bought out Amperex.
Stu
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Follow Ups
- During the Cold War, - unclestu52 11:52:38 08/10/06 (2)
- So Amperex was really just Philips in the U.S.? - Norm 20:02:29 08/13/06 (1)
- Sorry for the late reply - unclestu52 02:29:18 08/17/06 (0)