Totally agree with Scott. On the lamp thats good it lights. If you search older threads on Time-nuts you will see that on the FRS rubidiums you can heat the lamp with a heat gun and re-migrate the RB off of the glass. It makes them re-usable and extends the life very nicely. I do not suggest doing this if the lamp lights and the system can be recovered. Just something to know about. I have done this several times on different FRS units.
Wow now you have 2 5065s. Nice. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Scott McGrath <scmcgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would say fix both units > > The color of the bulb is simply Rb vapor condensed on the walls of the > envelope. > > 10811 units are fairly common at good hamfests and ebay > > Content by Scott > Typos by Siri > > > On Sep 12, 2017, at 4:54 PM, Ulf Kylenfall via time-nuts < > time-nuts@febo.com> wrote: > > > > > > What does the community say: Can the lamp still be useableas a spare, or > is the color a sign of end-of-life? > > I am considering either use this instrument as spare parts or tryto > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.