Whaddya mean tubes are gone?!?! My main low band rig is all tubes (old Collins KWS-1/75A-4) and I just picked up an old CB tube type amplifier that's being put back on 10 meters with an added 40, 20 and 15 as well. The tubes are sweep tubes so I have everything to switch them over from 6 volt to 22 volt filaments. Got 5 new 22v tubes for $20 instead of $40 ea for the 6v version. New filament transformer was $14.
Vince - KA8CSH.
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On 09/29/2017 09:41 PM, Michael Hagen wrote:
I still have from the 60's an Octal, Nine Pin, and 7 pin Greenly Punch.
Lots of $ then for a kid.
I think over $10 back then. Lots of chassis with 5U4, 6V6, 6AQ5, ect.
Never to be used again, Valves, we called them Tubes gone like my
Generation.
So Sad, and that's the way life goes. That was a lot of money back then.
Mike, WA6ISP
On 9/29/2017 12:45 PM, Lawrence Galea wrote:
Hi John
Guess nowadays more people want to have everything as easy as possible.
Seems that gone are the days of making an aluminium chassis, drilling
all the holes for valve holders, front panel, case etc.
PCB boxes should be very easy for the newcomers to do.
Regards
Lawrence
On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 10:43 AM, John Backo via Groups.Io
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Well Larry, I guess the times they are achangin'. Hi.
Methinks that soldering a pc box is the best solution as
it provides good shielding. It is a bit hard to work all the
necessary holes though...it does involve a bit of manual
labor. ;)
john
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