[Boatanchors] Anyone remember Tubesters?

[Ken Hickman]

Hi Steve & Gang,

Yes, I definitely remember the "tubesters". I have the Collins 75S3C
and wanted to get a set of tubsters but never seemed to get around
to ordering.
As I recall, they were made by an individual and on order. He must
have discontinued making them because I haven't heard anything
about them until your message.
If you find a source, let me know please.
Take care,

Ken   N5CM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Uhrig" <Steve at swssec.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 8:36 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Anyone remember Tubesters?


> Hi all,
>
> Back a good many years ago, I bought a Collins S line pair from a friend.
> It was in good shape, I used it and loved it, and regret getting rid of
> it.
>
> In place of many or most of the vacuum tubes were plastic solid state
> assemblies called 'Tubesters". These were approx the same size of the
> tube they were to replace, and had pins on a standard base, so you could
> just plug them in and they worked.
>
> I had the receiver tunes to a gnat's behind before putting the Tubesters
> back in. It tuned easily and was a typical Collins tuneup.
>
> I then put the Tubesters back in, ran another alignment and found
> essentially no change. The thing worked fine with those Tubesters.
>
> I'm just wondering what the story was on them? I don't recall ever seeing
> a mention of them in any way before or since.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on these things, and comments?
>
> Tks .... Steve WA3SWS
>
>
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