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What did I do? (odd DIY part)

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While digging for tubes I found this with a couple 8950 tubes dangling off of it. Applied voltage to six caps in one connection?

Is this something from Lost in Space?

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RE: What did I do? (odd DIY part) - billo 02:52:31 01/19/25 (0)
It's an improvised cable riser
"meth art"
if you throw it does it come back to you?
fell off a Harley
RE: What did I do? (odd DIY part) - AbeCollins 17:17:10 01/18/25 (0)
Sometimes used as a horizontal sweep tube in OLD TV sets. Also used in some Class C RF power amplifiers for low duty-cycle SSB for Ham Radio or illegally in some CB amplifiers from decades ago. The resistors are just supports for the coiled wire RF inductors going to the tube plates.

Edits: 01/18/25
Or Maybe This? - Jonesy 17:02:09 01/18/25 (0)
Link provides several possibilities.

Jonesy

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RE: What did I do? (odd DIY part) - Jonesy 14:31:23 01/18/25 (0)
Are the resistor values identical or different? Can't quite make them out in the pic.

Otherwise my wild guess is the gadget is just for a tube pair with a selection of different resistor values to choose from.

Jonesy

"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
RE: What did I do? (odd DIY part) - tomservo 10:20:19 01/18/25 (1)
A semi-wild guess, part of the output stage of a CB or perhaps less likely Ham radio linear amplifier.
- I think so (an RF linear amplifier) -- unless... - mhardy6647 16:37:19 01/18/25 (0)
  it's out of a McIntosh MC3500... but I think the "plate manifold" in an MC3500 would've been a little nicer looking than that.
  
  Yeah... not a lot, but a little ... ;
  
  all the best,
  mrh

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