Showing posts with label vacuum tube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacuum tube. Show all posts

Monday, September 20, 2021

Cleaning Vacuum Tube Pins and Sockets

This is a short video explaining how I clean tube pins and sockets. While restoring and/or repairing tube rigs, I've found dirty/bent tube pins and sockets to be one of the leading causes of receiver noise and intermittent operations. 

 Dave WB4IUY

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Sunday, December 2, 2018

Blast from the past...

A cool snippet of an advertisement from 1940, and this tube is still in operation at many ham stations! I love these old promotional bits. 




Dave WB4IUY