Tube radio question
 

Hi. Anyone know within what time period tube radios stopped being
produced? I came across an am/fm tube radio that isnt real old, but
vintage for sure. there are no dates on the radio. thx

Tube radio question
 

"egg" wrote in message
ng.com...
Hi. Anyone know within what time period tube radios stopped being
produced? I came across an am/fm tube radio that isnt real old, but
vintage for sure. there are no dates on the radio. thx

Possible answer at URL:
http://pw2.netcom.com/~wa2ise/radios/aa5h.html

Sez
The end of the AA5 radio was in the early 1970's, as stocks of tubes and
related parts were depleted by manufacturers and sellers. By then, many were
made in Japan, and Japanese AA5 tubes were also made in Japan used by
American radio and TV manufacturers. After that, solid state radios, many
using a high voltage audio output resistor and thus were also "hot chassis",
became the preferred technology.
CL

Tube radio question
 

On 2006-12-12 19:17:37 -0500, "Caveat Lector" said:


"egg" wrote in message
ng.com...
Hi. Anyone know within what time period tube radios stopped being
produced? I came across an am/fm tube radio that isnt real old, but
vintage for sure. there are no dates on the radio. thx

Possible answer at URL:
http://pw2.netcom.com/~wa2ise/radios/aa5h.html

Sez
The end of the AA5 radio was in the early 1970's, as stocks of tubes
and related parts were depleted by manufacturers and sellers. By then,
many were made in Japan, and Japanese AA5 tubes were also made in Japan
used by American radio and TV manufacturers. After that, solid state
radios, many using a high voltage audio output resistor and thus were
also "hot chassis", became the preferred technology.
CL

Thanks CL, that info is excellent.

cheers

egg

Tube radio question
 

"egg" wrote in message
ng.com...
Hi. Anyone know within what time period tube radios stopped being
produced? I came across an am/fm tube radio that isnt real old, but
vintage for sure. there are no dates on the radio. thx


If the tubes are original, look for a date code on them. Many tubes were
marked with the month and year they were made and that could give you an
idea of how old the radio is.