Subject: Re: [Homestead] not Ancient Ham Radio Gear
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:03:31 -0700
tvoivozhd :
some years back I ran across a Polish manufacturer of vacuum
tubes, don't know if the market 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.
Thanks, Tvo - I had to read encouragement
from somebody before I ventured to search -
been disappointed too often about 'old stuff'
I guess ...
Yes ! the market *is* good enough, and
the niche may be more than slightly
"competitive" - turns out there are many
dealers although I haven't 'asked' about
manufacturers - yet ....
What is just a tad unsettling is that when
I clicked on some of the inventories I was
flabbergasted to be reminded of tubes I
worked on for an outfit called Radio Valve
that was taken over by General Electric
way back when - I used a contact welder
to do several welds on the guts and shells
of whatever tubes were running low in
inventory, working with a conveyor belt
carrying the to-be-gradually assembled
tubes in front of me. One of the first
"decently" paying jobs I had after learning
how-to work in a canning/bottling company ....
Looking back at *that* makes me think
"I've come a long way, Baby" for a female
with only part of a Grade 9 education
because "girls are going to get married
when they grow up so why pay to educate
them ? Yeah. Right.
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Subject: Re: [Homestead] Ancient Ham Radio Gear
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Warren answered :
> A friend of mine owns this site: www.patbunn.com<http://www.patbunn.com/>
> If you scroll towards the
bottom you'll find a link to his "guitar amp & vacuum tube site". I could
have sent the direct link but Pat's into so many cool things I thought I'd
share his homepage.
The kids are really cute (and so is mine even
if he is "over 30") but the **FISH !!** are
"something else" !! Thanks, Warren.
So I've plenty to choose from - particularly the
one that also has schematics since I've never
worked on a radio .... yet .... and probably will
never again once this one is back to 'like Mama
used to listen to'.
Hang in there, Tvo, you are all that stands
(intellectually) between death and your kids -
as I found out when my Mama died, which
put me 'next in line' and ahead (please ? any
Powers That Be ?) of my kid.
At 9/29/2004, you wrote:
>>est 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 ?
Tubes are the problem. My son tells me that eBay is a good source as are
old radio clubs. Those old tube radios are as easy to trouble shoot as
transistor radios. The schematics give voltages at various points and if a
value is out of range, a little thinking should puzzle out the problem