[Homestead] Ancient Ham Radio Gear - Was survival plan
Tvoivozhd
tvoivozd at infionline.net
Wed Sep 29 18:22:43 EDT 2004
Toni Hawryluk wrote:
>>There is some resurgence. Fixing 60s era auto radios can keep one
>>
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>busy. The knowledge to trouble shoot those old transistor circuits is
>fading fast and the people who are restoring to 100 points need working
>radios. I have (name completely escapes me) the schematics for many Delco >
>
>
>>Radios, most of which can be tested with only a VOM. Yes, I know how to
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>test and repair tube and transistors circuits. Don Bowen
>
>How about 40s-50s home radios ? My Ma's
>ole wooden clunker - that I still listen to on
>weekends - needs tubes - does anyone still
>manufacture an assortment of tubes ?
>
>Toni
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tvoivozhd, some years back I ran across a Polish manufacturer of vacuum
tubes, don't know if the jarket is good enough for them to stick
around---though it is nice to have a noncompetitive niche. A search
will probably tell you what happened.
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