Am I the only one who still likes radios with tubes and dial strings? And
rectifiers that glow blue? And big ol' transformers that keep your coffee
warm?

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Joe S.



"Odd Ball" wrote in message
...


I just finished looking at the Tentec Orion, and I thought it was
ugly. I did not care for the Icom computer screen radios, or the
Kenwood orange LCD screen radios either. I want real knobs to turn,
real buttons to push, and a real analog meter to look at.
I sit in front of a computer all day at work. I don't want to look
at another computer screen when I get home and turn on my ham radio.
Am I the only one that thinks a radio should look like a radio, and
not an over sized Palm Pilot with a mic jack and a coax connector?

-OB

Am I the only one who still likes radios with tubes and dial strings?
And rectifiers that glow blue? And big ol' transformers that keep
your coffee warm?


I get all nostalgic over those, too, but I really don't miss burnt
fingers and the threat of sudden death while working around them, anymore.

:^)


Ed

And the neophyte asked...

Blue glow? I thought all vacuum tubes glowed orange at best. What's
happening to cause the tube to run so hot?

SR

"Joe S." wrote in message
...
Am I the only one who still likes radios with tubes and dial strings? And
rectifiers that glow blue? And big ol' transformers that keep your coffee
warm?

--

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Joe S.

Some of the old rectifiers had a blue glow to them.

SR wrote:
And the neophyte asked...

Blue glow? I thought all vacuum tubes glowed orange at best. What's
happening to cause the tube to run so hot?

SR

"Joe S." wrote in message
...

Am I the only one who still likes radios with tubes and dial strings? And
rectifiers that glow blue? And big ol' transformers that keep your coffee
warm?

--

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Joe S.





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I have never met a liberal street cop.

"nitespark" wrote in message
news:StG1e.67555$7z6.58474@lakeread04...
Some of the old rectifiers had a blue glow to them.

And they flickered as you talked because the current load on the power
supply changed with the modulation -- sort of like an aurora display right
there on the floor. On the floor because the power supply was too damn
heavy to sit on the desk.

Modulation is a whole 'nother thread.



SR wrote:
And the neophyte asked...

Blue glow? I thought all vacuum tubes glowed orange at best. What's
happening to cause the tube to run so hot?

SR

"Joe S." wrote in message
...

Am I the only one who still likes radios with tubes and dial strings?
And
rectifiers that glow blue? And big ol' transformers that keep your
coffee
warm?

--

-----
Joe S.





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I have never met a liberal street cop.

BTW they have a news group rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors just for the "ol
ways" folks.
Good luck sparky

nitespark wrote:
Some of the old rectifiers had a blue glow to them.

Mercury arc rectifiers? A bit large for domestic use!
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK
www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont