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drano
05-02-2005, 02:49 PM
I'm trying to learn this stuff. Is this question easy?

Thanks.
clarkram
05-02-2005, 03:09 PM
hopefully someone will chime in with the correct response, but I think it means Joint Army Navy originally for military use.

I don't really know...
Slick51
05-02-2005, 03:52 PM
Yes, I beleive its Joint Army Navy too...

Slick51
RL in Fla
05-02-2005, 06:32 PM
I thought Joint Army Navy was the stuff the Coast Gaurd didn't want . :D
Old Tele man
05-02-2005, 09:28 PM
...between WWI and WWII, the USN sorta "led" the development of 'ship-to-shore' communications (radio) and the U.S. Army wasn't too interested.

...but, just before WWII, the two military forces, Army and Navy (Air Force didn't come into being until 1947), got together and "shared/standardized" there previously separate radio - electronics requirements into a JOINT ARMY-NAVY (JAN) Standard.
drano
05-03-2005, 01:30 PM
Originally posted by Old Tele man
JOINT ARMY-NAVY (JAN) Standard.

That makes sense.

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em!
Steve Foley
05-03-2005, 06:50 PM
I've read that the JAN tubes were designed for more "rugged" use, so they didn't fail under field battle conditions - a bad time for tubes to go out :( .
This doesn't "necessarily" mean that they'll sound better - although they often do - but if they do sound horrible, they'll sound horrible longer....or something like that...;) .
Actually, many of the JAN tubes are very good tubes, very durable, chimey tones, etc. The JAN Phillips 6L6GC's are great tubes, low failure rate, reliable, and unfortunately, rising quickly in price...
Blue Strat
05-04-2005, 07:23 AM
Originally posted by Steve Foley
I've read that the JAN tubes were designed for more "rugged" use, so they didn't fail under field battle conditions - a bad time for tubes to go out :( .
This doesn't "necessarily" mean that they'll sound better - although they often do - but if they do sound horrible, they'll sound horrible longer....or something like that...;) .
Actually, many of the JAN tubes are very good tubes, very durable, chimey tones, etc. The JAN Phillips 6L6GC's are great tubes, low failure rate, reliable, and unfortunately, rising quickly in price...

All NOS tubes are rising in price as is the case with any desirable commodity which is being depleted.