[Boatanchors] Anyone remember Tubesters?

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Howard Sartrori i think it was from Texas?  I bought a set for my Drake 
R-4B back in the mid 70's.  Receiver never worked.  MOre required than 
just those.  I think you had to do an audio module infusion with one of 
the sand state audio chips which name no longer resides in my memory 
back.  Big mistake on my part as the R-4B was a really good receiver as 
it was.  Think they ran 70 or $80 bux for set to replace the tubes that 
it would replace and they didn't do all tubes.

larry
W0OGH


Steve Uhrig wrote:

> 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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