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    Building, troubleshooting and testing of these amplifiers should only be
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Frank's Tube Database Down?

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Just checked Frank's and as of 22:07GMT today there are no data sheets available. Result of any search is a "forbidden error."

Not sure whether this is a coding error on the site, an indication that the site download quota has been reached this month or what..

Links to mirrors do not work either..
 
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Ty_Bower said:
I just noticed the same thing, but http://frank.pocnet.net/ works.

Yeah, like many though I prefer to use the search feature on the original Polish based site - it just works better. When you click search on the above site it will take you directly to the search engine on the home site which the results mentioned.

Tested again at 22:30 GMT and it is still down.. Not sure what the story is.
 
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E810F said:
http://tubedata.org is usually where I go to and it works ok.


Did you attempt to download a data sheet using the search function?

http://www.mif.pg.gda.pl/homepages/frank/vs.html

Here is the site that has all of the search engine functionality (any time you click search on this or most common mirrors it will refer you to the site above) and when you attempt to use the search engine it finds the type but returns a "forbidden" error when attempting to download the target file. Perhaps this only affects users in the United States or those with specific IP addresses..

I just emailed Frank Philipse about the issue I mentioned and will report anything I hear..
 
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