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firedome said, about 18 hours ago
indeed…although I do also have a collection of transistor radios as well…
Jo Clear said, about 17 hours ago
I’m amazed if any of those radios still work that have tubes. I remember ours when I was a kid…and finding out those tubes are hot…
WillardMBaker said, about 17 hours ago
TV’s used to have tubes also. They had tube testers at drug stores so you could test a suspect tube and get a replacement. A TV set doubled as a heat source in the winter time.
Bruno Zeigerts said, about 17 hours ago
Harry Turtledove wrote a series of novels about an alternate universe where aliens invade Earth during WWII.
They decide to knock out Earth communications with an electromagnetic pulse … and discover that it has no effect on vacuum tubes!
yankeetexan said, about 14 hours ago
@WillardMBaker
Now I know I’m a Plugger when I too can remember all those things! Plus my dad used to work at GE and he’d have to lift those heavy TV catho ray tubes every day
rmacprivate said, about 11 hours ago
@Bruno Zeigerts
My God! We have something in common. Harry Turtledove is on the top of my list of favorite authors. What an incredible twist he can give to history.
rmacprivate said, about 11 hours ago
Some of the really high end stereo equipment still uses tubes. I can’t claim to have a good enough ear to really appreciate it, but supposedly tubes give a much better sound than solid state units.
LarryW2LJ said, about 11 hours ago
Rerun!
david_42 said, about 10 hours ago
@Bruno Zeigerts
The Soviets used tiny, tiny tubes in their avionics for exactly that reason. I remember seeing pentodes the size of wheat grains.
/Spell checker doesn’t think pentode is a word!
route66paul said, about 10 hours ago
tubes can be bought – audiofiles love the top of the line hi-fi equipment from the late 50s – early 60s, as do anyone playing electric instruments.
Redhead55
said, about 9 hours ago
We had to wait for the radio tubes to warm up for the radio to come on. Now we have to wait for the CFL bulbs to warm up to have light.
rhol55 said, about 9 hours ago
And while the tubes warmed up I remember a high pitched sound coming out of the TV that no one else could hear….of course now I hear that high pitch noise all the time…think they call it tinnitus
dfrechet said, about 9 hours ago
@rhol55
Horizontal oscillator and flyback circuit, me thinks….
UncaJim said, about 8 hours ago
@dfrechet
“Horizontal oscillator and flyback circuit, me thinks….”
Used to do bench-work in the ’50’s-60’s and that was the first thing to listen for.. Now I look for green LED’s !!
hippogriff said, about 6 hours ago
david_42: I remember when that MiG landed in Japan. The US propaganda machine was bragging about how advanced we were to have solid state electronics while those backward Soviets were still using vacuum tubes. Yet, every nuclear power in the world plans to open hostility with a detonation 87 miles over the enemy to wipe out communications with its EMP. There was also a rumor that before the CIA could get to it, Hasagawa was already examining it for a model kit.